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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2015, 7:36 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 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 26, 2015, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2015, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 26, 11:36 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.67 | Westfield, IN |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
992
WGUS53 KIND 262336
FFWIND
INC011-023-057-063-097-107-270330-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0044.150726T2336Z-150727T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
736 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 736 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE...NOBLESVILLE...
BROWNSBURG...LEBANON...ZIONSVILLE...WESTFIELD...CICERO...
PITTSBORO...WHITESTOWN...SHERIDAN...ARCADIA...THORNTOWN...
MULBERRY...WAYNETOWN...JAMESTOWN...DARLINGTON...KIRKLIN AND LINDEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 160.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 56...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 58 AND 65.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4036 8669 4027 8624 4022 8624 4021 8592
4002 8594 4000 8619 3986 8620 3986 8647
3997 8671 3997 8708 4021 8708 4021 8670
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
470
WGUS73 KIND 270110
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
910 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015
INC011-023-057-063-097-107-270330-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150727T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOONE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-CLINTON IN-HAMILTON IN-MARION IN-HENDRICKS IN-
910 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR
BOONE...MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN CLINTON...HAMILTON...NORTHWESTERN
MARION AND NORTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES...
AT 910 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE...NOBLESVILLE...
BROWNSBURG...LEBANON...ZIONSVILLE...WESTFIELD...CICERO...PITTSBORO...
WHITESTOWN...SHERIDAN...ARCADIA...THORNTOWN...MULBERRY...WAYNETOWN...
JAMESTOWN...DARLINGTON...KIRKLIN AND LINDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4036 8669 4027 8624 4022 8624 4021 8592
4002 8594 4000 8619 3986 8620 3986 8647
3997 8671 3997 8708 4021 8708 4021 8670
$$
MMB/PUMAThe 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, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.