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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 2015Hamilton County, Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2015, 10:22 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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, 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2015, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10:47 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.29Noblesville, IN

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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

033 
WGUS53 KIND 270222
FFWIND
INC057-095-159-270830-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0016.150627T0222Z-150627T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1022 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT SATURDAY

* AT 1019 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED   AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN 
THE LAST THREE HOURS AND ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE.

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

WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROADS IN NORTHERN 
HAMILTON COUNTY...IN PLACES UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF DEEP.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 230.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4030 8558 4002 8558 4000 8623 4027 8623

$$

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 9:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph6 hr
Jun 26, 10:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more6 hr
Jun 27, 12:57 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison and 3 more9 hr
Jun 27, 1:00 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHancock, Henry, Marion, Rush, Shelby9 hr
Jun 27, 1:13 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyINDDelaware8 hr
Jun 27, 4:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen5 hr
Jun 27, 8:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph40 hr
Jun 27, 8:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHoward7 days
Jun 27, 8:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Howard7 days
Jun 27, 10:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton and 14 more18 hr
Jun 27, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDTippecanoe7 days
Jun 27, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDecatur14 hr
Jun 27, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson8 days
Jun 27, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll7 days
Jun 27, 12:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClinton, Tippecanoe7 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2015Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.