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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana

August 22, 2014Allen County, Noble County, Whitley County, 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 22, 5:30 AM EDTHEAVY RAIN 4.314 Ne Rolling Hills, IN2 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FROM 330 AM TO 530 AM.
Aug 22, 7:00 AM EDTHEAVY RAIN 6.45 Ne Fort Wayne, IN24 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 614 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

TAYLOR
2 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

$$

TAYLOR
825 
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

$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Jay36 min
Aug 21, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWells34 min
Aug 21, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami, Wabash35 min
Aug 21, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXGrant32 min
Aug 21, 8:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXBlackford, Grant, Huntington, Wells3 hr
Aug 21, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhitley28 min
Aug 21, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Grant28 min
Aug 21, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Grant27 min
Aug 21, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Jay67 min
Aug 21, 9:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXBlackford, Grant, Jay3 hr
Aug 22, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBlackford, Grant, Jay, Wabash62 min
Aug 22, 2:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells9 hr
Aug 22, 3:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke6 hr
Aug 22, 4:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXFulton, Pulaski4 hr
Aug 22, 4:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, White66 min
Aug 22, 5:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams, Wells4 hr
Aug 22, 6:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXCass, White3 hr
Aug 22, 9:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXGrant, Miami, Wabash58 hr
Aug 22, 9:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells67 hr
Aug 22, 9:30 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXCass, White6 hr
Aug 22, 11:45 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells24 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.