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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2015, 3:21 PM EDT for Shelby County, 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
- Jul 3, 2015, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Shelbyville, IN | WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 9 AND COUNTY ROAD 350S. REPORTED THROUGH CBS4. |
| Jul 3, 7:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Shelbyville, IN | ANKLE DEEP WATER IN A BASEMENT OF A HOME IN SHELBYVILLE. REPORTED BY CBS4. |
| Jul 3, 7:10 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.5 | Shelbyville, IN | TOTAL RAIN FELL IN 4 HOURS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTED BY CBS4. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
700
WGUS53 KIND 031921
FFWIND
INC145-040130-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0021.150703T1921Z-150704T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
321 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 318 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES OF
RAINFALL WEST OF SHELBYVILLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHELBYVILLE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 83.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 123.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 3936 8595 3953 8595 3963 8563 3954 8563
3938 8563
$$
NIELD1 follow-up statement
392
WGUS73 KIND 032115
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015
INC145-040130-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150704T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHELBY-
515 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM EDT...
AT 513 PM EDT...RAINFALL TOTALS OF FOUR OR MORE INCHES HAD OCCURRED
IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND WEST OF
SHELBYVILLE. THIS INCLUDES STATE ROADS 44 AND 9.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHELBYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT COUNTY ROAD 3 50 SOUTH
AND STATE ROAD 9 AT 500 PM EDT.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3936 8595 3953 8595 3963 8563 3954 8563
3938 8563
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Brown | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Johnson | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.