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Areal Flood Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Jul 14, 2015, 2:16 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2015, 2:16 AM EDT (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jul 14, 1:48 AM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:48 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 7:36 PM EDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 736 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-142345- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 736 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAT WILL ALSO AN ISSUE WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S OVER WESTERN SECTIONS THIS EVENING. RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING AND FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HIGH HEAT INDICES. TIMING: SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING ANYTIME...BUT BEST CHANCE WILL BE LATE EVENING TO A FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAT THIS AFTERNOON EARLY THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION: A STATIONARY FRONT AND UPPER WAVES IN NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH AN INCREASING WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND RESULT IN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE AND OR PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY AND EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THE HEAT INDEX WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 90S TO 100 DEGREES OR MORE IN THE LOWER WABASH VALLEY TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEK. DISCUSSION: FRONTAL SYSTEMS ALONG WITH UPPER WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE AROUND A SOUTHERN PLAINS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL INTERACT WITH A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND RESULT IN AN UNSETTLED PERIOD THROUGH TUESDAY AND AGAIN STARTING LATE THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1150 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1053 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 39.21N 85.91W
07/13/2015 BARTHOLOMEW IN PUBLIC
TREE ON TOP OF HOUSE...BELIEVED TO BE A DIFFERENT HOUSE
THAN PREVIOUS REPORT OF SAME IN COLUMBUS. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM EARLIER REPORT. REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA.
&&
BHHLocal storm report, Jul 14, 12:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1219 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1022 PM TSTM WND GST MARTINSVILLE 39.42N 86.42W
07/13/2015 E60 MPH MORGAN IN PUBLIC
&&
BHHLocal storm report, Jul 14, 12:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1220 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 S CASTLETON 39.88N 86.05W
07/14/2015 M1.24 INCH MARION IN CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR DAILY TOTAL
&&
JASLocal storm report, Jul 14, 12:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1222 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1002 PM TSTM WND DMG MARTINSVILLE 39.42N 86.42W
07/13/2015 MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER LINES AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR AND GENERAL RECOLLECTION OF TIME BY SPOTTER.
&&
BHHLocal storm report, Jul 14, 12:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1238 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW COATESVILLE 39.72N 86.71W
07/13/2015 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.
&&
JASLocal storm report, Jul 14, 1:46 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
146 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 AM TSTM WND DMG SPEEDWAY 39.79N 86.25W
07/14/2015 MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND SPEEDWAY.
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
BHHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 9:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 19 min |
| Jul 13, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Owen | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 9:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 15 min |
| Jul 13, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Owen | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 10:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 56 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 23 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 7 days |
| Jul 13, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 19 min |
| Jul 13, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 19 min |
| Jul 13, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Randolph | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 7 days |
| Jul 14, 1:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Marion | 18 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 4:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 16 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 60 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 21 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings, Washington | 19 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 7:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings | 24 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 53 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike | 10 days |
| Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 33 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 26 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Scott | 19 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.