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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana

May 28, 2014Allen County, Putnam County, Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2014, 5:32 PM EDT for Allen County, Putnam County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 10 reports 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: May 28, 2014, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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
May 28, 6:03 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Cairo, OH	EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF STREETS...YARDS AND BASEMENTS IN CAIRO NEIGHBORHOOD
May 28, 6:15 PM EDT	FLOOD	17 Sw Findlay, OH	WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 15 BETWEEN 304 AND RT 30. TIME ESTIMATED
May 28, 6:15 PM EDT	FLOOD	17 Sw Findlay, OH	WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 304, WEST OF RT 235. TIME ESTIMATED.
May 28, 6:15 PM EDT	FLOOD	17 Sw Findlay, OH	WATER OVER RT 30 WITH ONE LANE BLOCKED. TIME ESTIMATED
May 28, 7:25 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ene Beaverdam, OH	I75 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS JUST SOUTH OF MM138 DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER CURRENTLY RECEDING
May 28, 8:05 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ene Beaverdam, OH	I75 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS JUST SOUTH OF MM138 DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER CURRENTLY RECEDING
May 28, 8:06 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Lima, OH	NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED ACROSS ALLEN COUNTY
May 28, 8:30 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.6	2 Ne Cairo, OH	WLIO VIEWER REPORT. STORM TOTAL.
May 28, 8:30 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 6.25	Cairo, OH	WLIO VIEWER REPORT. STORM TOTAL.
May 28, 8:36 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.3	1 W Lima, OH	MEASURED AT WLIO STUDIOS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

359 
WGUS53 KIWX 282132
FFWIWX
OHC003-137-161-290030-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0003.140528T2132Z-140529T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
532 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LIMA...FORT SHAWNEE...BLUFFTON...
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED 
  AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
  THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  CAIRO...RUSHMORE...GOMER...VAUGHNSVILLE...RIMER...FORT 
  JENNINGS...DELPHOS...PANDORA...OTTOVILLE AND COLUMBUS GROVE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND 
DRAINAGES...
SUGAR CREEK...LITTLE RILEY CREEK...PIKE RUN...LITTLE AUGLAIZE 
RIVER...JENNINGS CREEK AND RATTLE SNAKE CREEK.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4064 8394 4064 8410 4065 8411 4065 8421
      4068 8422 4068 8444 4072 8445 4073 8468
      4099 8469 4099 8444 4097 8422 4101 8388
      4094 8386 4065 8387

$$

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1 follow-up statement

040 
WGUS73 KIWX 282315
FFSIWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
715 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014

OHC003-137-161-290030-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140529T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUTNAM OH-VAN WERT OH-ALLEN OH-
715 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
ALLEN...VAN WERT AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE RAINFALL PERSISTING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
CAIRO...BEAVERDAM...GOMER...RIMER...RUSHMORE...DELPHOS...AND OHIO 
CITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEAST VAN 
WERT...EXTREME SOUTHWEST PUTNAM AND FAR NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN 
NORTHWEST OHIO. POTENTIALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM CAIRO 
TO JUST EAST OF BEAVERDAM IN NORTHEAST ALLEN COUNTY. SUBSTANTIAL 
FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CAIRO. SUGAR AND LITTLE 
CRANBERRY CREEK WILL LIKELY REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS THIS EVENING. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE THE ONGOING FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4064 8394 4064 8410 4065 8411 4065 8421
      4068 8422 4068 8444 4072 8445 4073 8468
      4099 8469 4099 8444 4097 8422 4101 8388
      4094 8386 4065 8387

$$

PBM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Wert	41 min
May 28, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Van Wert	27 min
May 28, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen, Van Wert	51 min
May 28, 4:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	3 hr

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.