Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana

Issued

Aug 22, 2014, 2:07 AM CDT (07:07 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Northern Indiana

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Starke County, IN

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KIWX 220707
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
207 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
  STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KNOX...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN 
  LA PORTE AND MUCH OF STARKE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA WAS 
  SLOWLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 
  LOCALLY MORE THAN 2 INCHES ARE BEING ESTIMATED BY RADAR. THIS IS 
  ON TOP OF 2 TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 
  24 HOURS. 

  LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 5 AM EDT AS ADDITIONAL CONVECTION 
  DEVELOPS AND MOVES IN FROM NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. THIS WILL CAUSE 
  AN INCREASED THREAT OF DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH
  JUDSON AND HAMLET

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
KANKAKEE RIVER...TIPPECANOE RIVER...MILL CREEK...EAGLE CREEK...YELLOW
RIVER...PINE CREEK...BIG MONON DITCH AND HEINOLD DITCH.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4151 8694 4140 8651 4118 8649 4119 8692

$$

FISHER

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
400 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

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STARKE IN-LA PORTE IN-
400 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LA PORTE AND STARKE COUNTIES...

AT 357 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEGUN TO EXIT THE WARNED AREA. 
HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 
AM EDT/ 7 AM CDT. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WANATAH AND
HAMLET

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
KANKAKEE RIVER...TIPPECANOE RIVER...MILL CREEK...EAGLE CREEK...YELLOW
RIVER...PINE CREEK...BIG MONON DITCH AND HEINOLD DITCH.

RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS OR DITCHES AND STREAMS 
OVERFLOWING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO RELAY 
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 

&&

LAT...LON 4151 8694 4140 8651 4118 8649 4119 8692

$$

FISHER

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WGUS73 KIWX 221306
FFSIWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
806 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

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STARKE IN-LA PORTE IN-
806 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHWESTERN LA PORTE AND
STARKE COUNTIES...

THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD SOME PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN 
TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.

LAT...LON 4151 8694 4140 8651 4118 8649 4119 8692

$$

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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.