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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 2015Delaware County, Madison County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT for Delaware County, Madison County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 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, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 W Muncie, INPONDING IN NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS.
Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.2Alexandria, IN1.2 INCHES IN 40 MINUTES
Jun 26, 3:34 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.563 Nw Muncie, IN2.56 INCHES IN 45 MINUTES
Jun 26, 9:00 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.11Muncie, IN3.11 DAILY TOTAL AS OF 9 PM AT BALL STATE. 1.89 INCHES FROM 8-9PM.
Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 W Muncie, INSTREETS FLOODED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 W Muncie, INSTREETS FLOODED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PONDING WORSE THAN THAT EARLIER IN THE DAY.

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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 295 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2015-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
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

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The text

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

657 
WGUS53 KIND 261900
FFWIND
INC035-095-135-270100-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0014.150626T1900Z-150627T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES 
EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MUNCIE...ALEXANDRIA AND WINCHESTER.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 235 AND 251.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 4000 8520 4000 8522 4008 8522 4007 8533
      4018 8577 4039 8562 4038 8522 4031 8521
      4032 8481 4001 8481

$$

LEE/PUMA
1 follow-up statement
679 
WGUS73 KIND 262159
FFSIND

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

INC035-095-135-270100-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150627T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DELAWARE-MADISON-RANDOLPH-
559 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE...NORTHEASTERN
MADISON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 
OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA THE LAST 3 
HOURS. 

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...MUNCIE...ALEXANDRIA AND
WINCHESTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 4000 8520 4000 8522 4008 8522 4007 8533
      4018 8577 4039 8562 4038 8522 4031 8521
      4032 8481 4001 8481

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMartin44 min
Jun 25, 10:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene6 hr
Jun 25, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMartin46 min
Jun 25, 11:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDSullivan40 min
Jun 25, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin48 min
Jun 25, 11:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin28 min
Jun 26, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin26 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin16 min
Jun 26, 3:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more24 hr
Jun 26, 12:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Warren3 hr
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison3 days
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion4 days
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan4 days
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan4 days
Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White3 days
Jun 26, 12:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren6 hr
Jun 26, 1:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam5 hr
Jun 26, 1:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion6 hr
Jun 26, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion36 min
Jun 26, 1:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush and 1 more6 hr
Jun 26, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison33 min
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHenry, Rush, Shelby8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby69 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDPutnam40 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby5 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson4 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHancock7 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion30 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison44 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen6 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMontgomery, Parke55 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion41 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew66 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDOwen31 hr
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson8 days
Jun 26, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBoone, Marion26 hr
Jun 26, 6:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks and 9 more6 hr
Jun 26, 7:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush and 1 more6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.