Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2014, 10:25 PM EDT for Clay County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2014, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2014, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
114
WGUS53 KIND 110225
FFWIND
INC021-119-133-110730-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0060.140911T0225Z-140911T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1025 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 330 AM EDT
* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRAZIL.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 48.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 8720 3954 8720 3956 8668 3953 8667
3952 8669 3947 8668 3947 8667 3936 8667
3925 8722 3952 8723
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
031
WGUS73 KIND 110441
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1241 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2014
INC021-119-133-110730-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140911T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-OWEN-PUTNAM-
1241 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CLAY...NORTHERN
OWEN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM EDT...
AT 1239 AM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHWEST OWEN
COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BRAZIL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 8720 3954 8720 3956 8668 3953 8667
3952 8669 3947 8668 3947 8667 3936 8667
3925 8722 3952 8723
$$
RYAN440
WGUS73 KIND 110730
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
330 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2014
INC021-119-133-110745-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140911T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-OWEN-PUTNAM-
330 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CLAY...
NORTHERN OWEN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3952 8720 3954 8720 3956 8668 3953 8667
3952 8669 3947 8668 3947 8667 3936 8667
3925 8722 3952 8723
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 8:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 46 min |
| Sep 10, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 45 min |
| Sep 10, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 49 min |
| Sep 10, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 37 min |
| Sep 10, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 11:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 7 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:47 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 7 days |
| Sep 11, 11:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.