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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 17, 2015Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 17, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2015, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 17, 9:46 PM EDTFLOODNorth Vernon, INHIGHWAY 50 IS FLOODED BUT TRAFFIC IS ABLE TO GET THROUGH.

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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2015-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1427 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2015-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

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

849 
WGUS53 KIND 180015
FFWIND
INC005-031-079-180315-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0037.150718T0015Z-150718T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
815 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
    
* AT 814 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COLUMBUS...GREENSBURG...NORTH VERNON...VERNON...ADAMS...
  EDINBURGH...HOPE...MILFORD...WESTPORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...SCIPIO...
  HARTSVILLE...CLIFFORD...JONESVILLE...MILLHOUSEN...GRAMMER...
  TAYLORSVILLE...AZALIA...SANDUSKY AND CLARKSBURG.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 78.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 143.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3927 8531 3919 8546 3900 8545 3897 8580
      3905 8579 3907 8580 3907 8582 3905 8586
      3905 8608 3934 8608 3935 8562 3945 8562
      3945 8530

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
499 
WGUS73 KIND 180158
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
958 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015

INC005-031-079-180315-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-150718T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JENNINGS IN-DECATUR IN-BARTHOLOMEW IN-
958 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN JENNINGS...DECATUR AND BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES...

AT 956 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
RAIN SLOWLY SHIFTING SOUTH FROM THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL LOCATIONS 
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH THE 
POTENTIAL FOR UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH THROUGH 11 PM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...GREENSBURG...NORTH VERNON...VERNON...ADAMS...EDINBURGH...
HOPE...MILFORD...WESTPORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...SCIPIO...HARTSVILLE...
CLIFFORD...JONESVILLE...MILLHOUSEN...GRAMMER...TAYLORSVILLE...
AZALIA...SANDUSKY AND CLARKSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3927 8531 3919 8546 3900 8545 3897 8580
      3905 8579 3907 8580 3907 8582 3905 8586
      3905 8608 3934 8608 3935 8562 3945 8562
      3945 8530

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Hendricks and 8 more4 hr
Jul 17, 9:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Monroe4 hr
Jul 17, 10:32 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen57 hr
Jul 17, 10:32 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen56 hr
Jul 17, 10:32 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMontgomery, Parke37 hr
Jul 17, 11:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings9 hr
Jul 18, 12:43 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Montgomery and 4 more9 hr
Jul 18, 12:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDParke16 hr
Jul 18, 1:27 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe9 hr
Jul 18, 5:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHendricks, Morgan7 days
Jul 18, 5:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Washington19 hr
Jul 18, 5:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDPutnam7 days
Jul 18, 5:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby39 hr
Jul 18, 5:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson7 days
Jul 18, 11:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDPutnam24 hr
Jul 18, 11:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene33 hr
Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDParke27 hr
Jul 18, 4:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson7 days
Jul 18, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock33 min
Jul 18, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock32 min
Jul 18, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware26 min

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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.