Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 8, 2015, 9:01 AM EDT for Hendricks County, Marion County, Putnam 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2015, 9:01 AM EDT (13:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
318
WGUS53 KIND 081301
FFWIND
INC063-097-133-081900-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0002.150408T1301Z-150408T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
901 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 859 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING RADAR ESTIMATED RAIN AMOUNTS OVER
TWO INCHES IN ONE HOUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE...BROWNSBURG...DANVILLE...GREENCASTLE...
LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD AND SPEEDWAY.
FLOODING OF ROADS WAS REPORTED IN GREENCASTLE BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3981 8700 3987 8670 3988 8669 3992 8647
3992 8595 3968 8595 3961 8701
$$
DRT2 follow-up statements
458
WGUS73 KIND 081421
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1021 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015
INC063-097-133-081900-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150408T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENDRICKS-MARION-PUTNAM-
1021 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HENDRICKS...MARION AND
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 1020 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR EXTIMATED 1.5 TO 2.25 INCHES RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE...BROWNSBURG...DANVILLE...GREENCASTLE...
LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD AND SPEEDWAY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE... BROWNSBURG...
DANVILLE...GREENCASTLE...LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD AND SPEEDWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3981 8700 3987 8670 3988 8669 3992 8647
3992 8595 3968 8595 3961 8701
$$
DRT275
WGUS73 KIND 081529
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1129 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015
INC063-097-133-081542-
/O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150408T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENDRICKS-MARION-PUTNAM-
1129 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HENDRICKS...MARION
AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE
FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
KEEP IN MIND MORE STORMS TODAY INTO THURSDAY MAY BRING A NEW FLOOD
THREAT SO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA.
LAT...LON 3981 8700 3987 8670 3988 8669 3992 8647
3992 8595 3968 8595 3961 8701
$$
DRTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 7:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 8:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Hancock and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 8:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion and 2 more | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Parke, Putnam | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 8:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 8:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 8:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 8:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion and 4 more | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 8:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Decatur, Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 4 more | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 9:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 4 days |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 8 days |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 9 days |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 9 days |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 8 days |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 10 days |
| Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 3 days |
| Apr 8, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 22 min |
| Apr 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Lawrence, Martin | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Henry, Rush | 3 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.