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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 2, 2014Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2014, 2:24 AM EDT for Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 2, 2014, 2:24 AM EDT (06:24 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2014, 5:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 2, 3:10 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.95	3 Ese Sullivan, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

303 
WGUS53 KIND 020624
FFWIND
INC153-020930-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0057.140902T0624Z-140902T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
224 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 223 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED NEAR 3 INCHES AN HOUR IS FALLING  
  ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SULLIVAN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WABASH 
RIVER...TURMAN CREEK...SUGAR CREEK...BUSSERON CREEK...BIG 
BRANCH...KETTLE CREEK...BUCK CREEK...BLACK CREEK...OLD BUSSERON 
CREEK...MIDDLE FORK CREEK...ROBBINS BRANCH...BUTTERMILK 
CREEK...HAUGER CREEK...WATKINS CREEK...MORRISON CREEK...MUD 
CREEK...SULPHUR CREEK...LITTLE TURTLE CREEK...TURTLE CREEK...WEST 
FORK TURMAN CREEK AND OXENDINE BAYOU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8765 3922 8758 3926 8760 3926 8724
      3897 8725 3890 8746 3891 8753 3896 8752
      3898 8758 3906 8758 3908 8762 3910 8762
      3911 8766 3912 8764 3913 8766

$$

KOCH

1 follow-up statement

180 
WGUS73 KIND 020745
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
345 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

INC153-020930-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-140902T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SULLIVAN-
345 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL
530 AM EDT...

AT 343 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
WAS ESTIMATING OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN 2 
HOURS. ANOTHER INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SULLIVAN.

AT 310 AM EDT...MESONET REPORTED 2.95 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS 
THAN 2 HOURS 3 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SULLIVAN. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
WABASH RIVER...TURMAN CREEK...SUGAR CREEK...BUSSERON CREEK...BIG
BRANCH...KETTLE CREEK...BUCK CREEK...BLACK CREEK...OLD BUSSERON
CREEK...MIDDLE FORK CREEK...ROBBINS BRANCH...BUTTERMILK CREEK...
HAUGER CREEK...WATKINS CREEK...MORRISON CREEK...MUD CREEK...SULPHUR
CREEK...LITTLE TURTLE CREEK...TURTLE CREEK...WEST FORK TURMAN CREEK
AND OXENDINE BAYOU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8765 3922 8758 3926 8760 3926 8724
      3897 8725 3890 8746 3891 8753 3896 8752
      3898 8758 3906 8758 3908 8762 3910 8762
      3911 8766 3912 8764 3913 8766

$$

KOCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 2:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene	50 min
Sep 2, 2:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	51 min
Sep 2, 3:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen	3 hr
Sep 2, 4:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Rush and 1 more	3 hr
Sep 2, 5:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	3 hr
Sep 2, 6:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.