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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 19, 2015Knox County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-06-19Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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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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

&&

50
Local 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

&&

ELB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more31 hr
Jun 19, 8:17 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBrown, Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen6 hr
Jun 19, 8:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam3 hr
Jun 19, 11:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam6 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington4 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDPutnam22 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBoone, Marion11 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion46 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan62 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan72 hr
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen3 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen3 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen14 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox15 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox16 days
Jun 19, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene47 hr
Jun 19, 3:52 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan23 min
Jun 19, 4:14 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan46 min
Jun 19, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox26 min
Jun 19, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningINDLawrence, Martin37 min
Jun 19, 6:31 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Martin6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.