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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 7, 201512 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2015, 2:05 PM EDT for 12 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 12 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 7, 2015, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Boone County, IN, Clay County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 7, 2:26 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Avon, IN	STREET FLOODING NEAR DAN JONES AND 200 S IN THE SETTLEMENT SUBDIVISION.
Jul 7, 2:52 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.55	Indianapolis, IN	REPORT FROM SPOTTER N9KDB AT 10TH STREET AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD.
Jul 7, 3:15 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.36	1 Nw Greencastle, IN	RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS.
Jul 7, 3:20 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Indianapolis, IN	2 CARS STRANDED IN HIGH WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF KENTUCKY AND BELMONT. POLICE ARE BLOCKING TRAFFIC.
Jul 7, 3:20 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.78	2 Nw Plainfield, IN	RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS.
Jul 7, 3:58 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Greencastle, IN	WATER COVERING ROADS AT AN ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 8 TO 10 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHFALL AND SHADOWLAND. NO BARRICADES ARE IN PLACE BUT POLICE ARE AWARE OF THE FLOODING. MULTIPLE OTHER LOCATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS ALSO HAVE
Jul 7, 4:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 W Plainfield, IN	RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS HAS CREATED FLOODING RESULTING IN SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. RAIN IS CONTINUING TO FALL.
Jul 7, 4:00 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.42	1 W Plainfield, IN	RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS HAS CREATED FLOODING RESULTING IN SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. RAIN IS CONTINUING TO FALL.
Jul 7, 4:08 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.71	Anderson, IN	RAINFALL BETWEEN 11AM AND 2PM.
Jul 7, 4:21 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.08	Indianapolis, IN	RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 4 HOURS AT 10TH STREET AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD.
Jul 7, 5:00 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.25	3 Nw Greenwood, IN	RAINFALL TOTAL AT STOP 11 AND US 31.
Jul 7, 5:23 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sw Plainfield, IN	SEVERAL HOUSES SURROUNDED BY WATER ON CR 350.

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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

457 
WGUS53 KIND 071805
FFWIND
INC011-021-035-057-059-063-095-097-107-109-133-159-080000-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0022.150707T1805Z-150708T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
205 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR          
  ESTIMATED AND OBSERVED REPORTS OF OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE       
  OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANDERSON...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...ALEXANDRIA...BEECH GROVE...
  BROWNSBURG...CARMEL...DANVILLE...ELWOOD...FISHERS...GREENCASTLE...
  LAWRENCE...LEBANON...MOORESVILLE...NOBLESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...
  SOUTHPORT...SPEEDWAY AND ZIONSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4019 8527 3989 8592 3965 8596 3952 8714
      3961 8707 3961 8701 3968 8701 3999 8676
      4038 8568 4038 8522

$$
DRT

1 follow-up statement

931 
WGUS73 KIND 071951
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
351 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015

INC011-021-035-057-059-063-095-097-107-109-133-159-080000-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150708T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOONE-CLAY-DELAWARE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-MADISON-MARION-
MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-PUTNAM-TIPTON-
351 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLAY...
DELAWARE...BOONE...HAMILTON...WESTERN HANCOCK...HENDRICKS...
MADISON...MARION...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN MORGAN...PUTNAM
AND SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR INDICATED 
AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
SOUTHERN HENDRICKS AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES SINCE 11 AM EDT.  
FARTHER NORTH THE RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED A LITTLE.   

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...
INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...ALEXANDRIA...BEECH GROVE...BRAZIL...
BROWNSBURG...CARMEL...DANVILLE...ELWOOD...FISHERS...GREENCASTLE...
LAWRENCE...LEBANON...MOORESVILLE...NOBLESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...
SOUTHPORT...SPEEDWAY AND ZIONSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 4019 8527 3989 8592 3965 8596 3952 8714
      3961 8707 3961 8701 3968 8701 3999 8676
      4038 8568 4038 8522

$$
JH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 11:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	24 min
Jul 7, 11:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Clay, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison and 6 more	4 hr
Jul 7, 12:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	3 hr
Jul 7, 2:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Greene, Hancock and 13 more	3 hr
Jul 7, 3:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	5 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.