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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Jun 19, 2015, 5:10 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 19, 2015, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 19, 4:32 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:32 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:23 AM EDT, 11 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 523 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-062>065-201000- 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-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- 523 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AND ALONG THE TIPPECANOE...WABASH...AND WHITE RIVERS THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDS: CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS. TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM...PRODUCING POTENTIALLY AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS ON SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AND ALONG THE TIPPECANOE...WABASH... AND WHITE RIVERS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DISCUSSION: THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROPICAL REMNANTS. A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OUT NEARBY THROUGH THE MIDDLE PARTS OF NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS REGARDING THE SEVERE THREAT ON SUNDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060-061-067>072-201000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 523 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AND ALONG THE TIPPECANOE...WABASH... AND WHITE RIVERS THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDS: CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS. TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM...PRODUCING AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS ON SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF DEER AND WILDCAT CREEKS...AND ALONG THE TIPPECANOE...WABASH... AND WHITE RIVERS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DISCUSSION: THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROPICAL REMNANTS. A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OUT NEARBY INTO THE MIDDLE PARTS OF NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS REGARDING THE SEVERE THREAT ON SUNDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JAS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1125 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1123 AM FLOOD BLOOMINGTON 39.17N 86.52W
06/19/2015 MONROE IN AMATEUR RADIO
MINOR STREET FLOODING
&&
50Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1140 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 AM HEAVY RAIN RUSHVILLE 39.61N 85.45W
06/19/2015 M1.20 INCH RUSH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
AMOUNT IS STORM TOTAL
&&
ELBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 4 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 22 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Marion | 11 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 46 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 62 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 72 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 14 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 15 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 16 days |
| Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 47 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 6:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 6 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015
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.