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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 17, 201514 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2015, 8:51 PM EDT for 14 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 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 17, 2015, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2015, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Boone County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 17, 9:10 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.341 Nw Greencastle, INRAINFALL OVER 2 HOURS TIME
Jul 17, 9:15 PM EDTFLOOD5 Wsw Greenwood, INNEIGHBORS REPORTED TO CALLER PADDOCK ROAD AT OLD SMITH VALLEY ROAD...AND MORGANTOWN ROAD AT OLD SMITH VALLEY ROAD ARE FLOODED AND NOT PASSABLE. RAINFALL OF 2.75 INCHES FELL FROM 630 PM EDT TO 830 PM EDT.
Jul 17, 9:15 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.755 Wsw Greenwood, INNEIGHBORS REPORTED TO CALLER PADDOCK ROAD AT OLD SMITH VALLEY ROAD...AND MORGANTOWN ROAD AT OLD SMITH VALLEY ROAD ARE FLOODED AND NOT PASSABLE. RAINFALL OF 2.75 INCHES FELL FROM 630 PM EDT TO 830 PM EDT.
Jul 17, 10:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD5 Wsw Greenwood, INHONEY CREEK IS OVERFLOWING AT PADDOCK ROAD...ONE CAR HAS BEEN ABANDONED FROM RISING WATER. WATER IS FILLING YARDS AND STARTING TO FLOW OVER THE ROAD SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE. WORST OF THE FLOODING IS JUST NORTH OF THE BRIDGE TO APPROIMATELY SMITH VALLEY ROAD.
Jul 18, 12:00 AM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.437 Sw Indianapolis, IN24-HR TOTAL FROM INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT

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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2015-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3464 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2015-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
3464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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.

614 
WGUS53 KIND 180051
FFWIND
INC011-021-023-045-057-063-081-097-107-109-121-133-145-157-180445-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0038.150718T0051Z-150718T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
    
* AT 850 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 
  HAVE FALLEN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN 
  THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  INDIANAPOLIS...LAFAYETTE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...CARMEL...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...WEST LAFAYETTE...
  PLAINFIELD...FRANKLIN...BROWNSBURG...LEBANON...BEECH GROVE...
  ZIONSVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...SPEEDWAY...GREENCASTLE...MOORESVILLE
  AND DANVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 184.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 90.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 123.

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 4056 8671 4043 8669 4017 8626 3970 8595
      3960 8563 3935 8563 3934 8662 3947 8663
      3949 8722 3974 8718 3987 8705 4022 8732
      4037 8709 4056 8709

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
061 
WGUS73 KIND 180200
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1000 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015

INC011-021-023-045-057-063-081-097-107-109-121-133-145-157-180445-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-150718T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOONE IN-FOUNTAIN IN-MONTGOMERY IN-MORGAN IN-CLINTON IN-MARION IN-
HAMILTON IN-PUTNAM IN-TIPPECANOE IN-PARKE IN-JOHNSON IN-HENDRICKS IN-
SHELBY IN-CLAY IN-
1000 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR
BOONE...EASTERN FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...WESTERN CLINTON...
MARION...SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON...PUTNAM...TIPPECANOE...EASTERN
PARKE...JOHNSON...HENDRICKS...SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES...

AT 959 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. 4 TO 5 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SOME SPOTS SINCE 3 PM. FLASH FLOODING 
CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...LAFAYETTE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...CARMEL...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...WEST LAFAYETTE...
PLAINFIELD...FRANKLIN...BROWNSBURG...LEBANON...BEECH GROVE...
ZIONSVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...SPEEDWAY...GREENCASTLE...MOORESVILLE AND
DANVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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 4056 8671 4043 8669 4017 8626 3970 8595
      3960 8563 3935 8563 3934 8662 3947 8663
      3949 8722 3974 8718 3987 8705 4022 8732
      4037 8709 4056 8709

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings3 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.