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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 28, 2015Daviess County, Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2015, 12:05 AM EDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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 28, 2015, 12:05 AM EDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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.

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: 372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

734 
WGUS53 KIND 280405
FFWIND
INC027-083-153-280800-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0046.150728T0405Z-150728T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1205 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  WEST CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
    
* AT 1205 AM 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...
  WASHINGTON...BICKNELL...CARLISLE...OAKTOWN...WHEATLAND...
  BRUCEVILLE...EDWARDSPORT...PLEASANTVILLE AND FREELANDVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3899 8725 3894 8724 3891 8724 3891 8723
      3867 8718 3866 8742 3894 8751

$$

JK

1 follow-up statement

519 
WGUS73 KIND 280614
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
214 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

INC027-083-153-280623-
/O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150728T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SULLIVAN IN-KNOX IN-DAVIESS IN-
214 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN
KNOX AND WEST CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3899 8725 3894 8724 3891 8724 3891 8723
      3867 8718 3866 8742 3894 8751

$$

JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 12:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson	3 hr
Jul 28, 2:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	3 hr

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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.