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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2014, 4:17 AM EDT for Allen County, Noble County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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
- Aug 22, 2014, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2014, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen County, IN, Noble County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 5:30 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.31 | 4 Ne Rolling Hills, IN | 2 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FROM 330 AM TO 530 AM. |
| Aug 22, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.4 | 5 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
543
WGUS53 KIWX 220817
FFWIWX
INC003-113-183-221215-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0009.140822T0817Z-140822T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
417 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... THIS INCLUDES
THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE AND SPY RUN CREEK...
SOUTHWESTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
NORTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRI-LAKES...COLUMBIA CITY...
* UNTIL 815 AM EDT
* AT 408 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF TRI-LAKES TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA OVER A ONE TO TWO HOUR PERIOD EARLY THIS
MORNING... RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN
AREAS... SUCH AS FORT WAYNE AND COLUMBIA CITY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHURUBUSCO
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4126 8566 4130 8566 4142 8554 4094 8486
4093 8521
$$
TAYLOR2 follow-up statements
322
WGUS73 KIWX 220934
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
534 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
INC003-113-183-221215-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140822T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NOBLE IN-ALLEN IN-WHITLEY IN-
534 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN WHITLEY...SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHWESTERN NOBLE
COUNTIES...
AT 526 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR
INDICATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A TWO HOUR PERIOD EARLY THIS
MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THIS AREA... WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON THE
SOUTHWEST SIDE OF FORT WAYNE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROLLING
HILLS...NINE MILE...YODER AND POE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4126 8566 4130 8566 4142 8554 4094 8486
4093 8521
$$
TAYLOR825
WGUS73 KIWX 221212
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
812 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
INC003-113-183-221222-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140822T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NOBLE IN-ALLEN IN-WHITLEY IN-
812 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 815 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
WHITLEY...SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHWESTERN NOBLE COUNTIES...
THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 815 AM EDT.
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 4126 8566 4130 8566 4142 8554 4094 8486
4093 8521
$$
MARSILIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wells | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 8:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 9:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Jay | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Jay, Wabash | 62 min |
| Aug 22, 2:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 9 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, White | 66 min |
| Aug 22, 5:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 58 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 67 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.