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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2015, 6:58 PM EDT for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 26, 2015, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2015, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
173 WGUS53 KIND 262258 FFWIND INC157-270200- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0042.150726T2258Z-150727T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 658 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 657 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE...WEST LAFAYETTE...SHADELAND...DAYTON...BATTLE GROUND... CLARKS HILL AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 183. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 4056 8670 4022 8670 4021 8709 4056 8709 $$ TDUD
2 follow-up statements
927 WGUS73 KIND 270107 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 907 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015 INC157-270200- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-150727T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TIPPECANOE IN- 907 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY... AT 906 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN CASTLETON. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE...WEST LAFAYETTE...SHADELAND...DAYTON...BATTLE GROUND... CLARKS HILL AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4056 8670 4022 8670 4021 8709 4056 8709 $$ MMB/PUMA
953 WGUS73 KIND 270203 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1003 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015 INC157-270212- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-150727T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TIPPECANOE IN- 1003 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 4056 8670 4022 8670 4021 8709 4056 8709 $$ TDUD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.