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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana

September 10, 201421 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood watch at Sep 10, 2014, 4:03 AM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Sep 10, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2014, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 10, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 10, 2014, 11:35 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Flood severity
None
All 29 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Sep 10, 2:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 2:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 5:10 AM EDT, 22 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
510 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2014

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-100915-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
510 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2014 /410 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY. FORECAST
CONFIDENCE IS STILL LOW BUT IF SEVERE WEATHER DOES
OCCUR...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A FEW ISOLATED
TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-100915-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
510 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 5:03 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementIWX4 days
Sep 10, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington, Wabash30 min
Sep 10, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington59 min
Sep 10, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXJay34 min
Sep 10, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall22 min
Sep 10, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami, Wabash45 min
Sep 10, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHuntington, Wabash36 min
Sep 10, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington27 min
Sep 10, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Huntington, Wells3 hr
Sep 10, 7:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Blackford, Jay, Wells3 hr
Sep 10, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Blackford, Jay42 min
Sep 10, 7:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen3 hr
Sep 10, 7:58 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX3 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2014Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2014Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.