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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 20157 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2015, 1:54 PM EDT for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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: Jun 26, 2015, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 26, 2:00 PM EDT	FLOOD	Noblesville, IN	SIX INCHES OF STANDING WATER WAS ON THE ROAD IN SAGAMORE GOLF CLUB IN NOBLESVILLE.
Jun 26, 2:50 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.38	2 N Anderson, IN	AMOUNT FELL BETWEEN 205 PM AND 250 PM EDT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN
Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.25	3 Ne Rushville, IN	2.25 INCHES IN ABOUT THE LAST 3 HOURS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

573 
WGUS53 KIND 261754
FFWIND
INC035-057-059-065-095-139-145-262330-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0013.150626T1754Z-150626T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
154 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN 
LESS THAN AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT 
THE AFTERNOON.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANDERSON...GREENFIELD...NEW CASTLE...NOBLESVILLE AND RUSHVILLE.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 235.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 133.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 109.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3979 8524 3978 8530 3958 8530 3959 8595
      3996 8585 4007 8624 4012 8624 4022 8610
      4019 8577 4013 8549 4005 8521 4000 8522
      4000 8519

$$

LEE/PUMA

2 follow-up statements

498 
WGUS73 KIND 262030
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
430 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

INC035-057-059-065-095-139-145-262330-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150626T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DELAWARE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-RUSH-SHELBY-
430 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...
HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HENRY...SOUTHERN MADISON...NORTHERN RUSH AND
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE 
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED THUS FAR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE 
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ANDERSON...
GREENFIELD...NEW CASTLE...NOBLESVILLE AND RUSHVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3979 8524 3978 8530 3958 8530 3959 8595
      3996 8585 4007 8624 4012 8624 4022 8610
      4019 8577 4013 8549 4005 8521 4000 8522
      4000 8519

$$

LEE/KOCH

791 
WGUS73 KIND 262217
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
617 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

INC035-057-059-065-095-139-145-262330-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150626T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DELAWARE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-RUSH-SHELBY-
617 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...
HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HENRY...SOUTHERN MADISON...NORTHERN RUSH AND
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 616 PM EDT...RADAR WAS INDICATING OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANDERSON...GREENFIELD...NEW CASTLE...NOBLESVILLE AND RUSHVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3979 8524 3978 8530 3958 8530 3959 8595
      3996 8585 4007 8624 4012 8624 4022 8610
      4019 8577 4013 8549 4005 8521 4000 8522
      4000 8519

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Martin	44 min
Jun 25, 10:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene	6 hr
Jun 25, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Martin	46 min
Jun 25, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Sullivan	40 min
Jun 25, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin	48 min
Jun 25, 11:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Martin	28 min
Jun 26, 12:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Martin	26 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Martin	16 min
Jun 26, 3:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	24 hr
Jun 26, 12:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Warren	3 hr
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	3 days
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	4 days
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	4 days
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	4 days
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	3 days
Jun 26, 12:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	6 hr
Jun 26, 1:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	5 hr
Jun 26, 1:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion	6 hr
Jun 26, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	36 min
Jun 26, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison	33 min
Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Randolph	6 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Rush, Shelby	8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	69 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Putnam	40 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	5 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	4 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hancock	7 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	30 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	44 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	6 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke	55 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	41 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	66 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Owen	31 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Marion	26 hr
Jun 26, 6:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks and 9 more	6 hr
Jun 26, 7:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush and 1 more	6 hr

Nearby

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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.