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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2015, 4:03 PM EDT for Greene County, Martin 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 29, 2015, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greene County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718
WGUS53 KIND 292003
FFWIND
INC055-101-292300-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0047.150729T2003Z-150729T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
403 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 402 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OWENSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3888 8686 3898 8685 3892 8668 3882 8668
$$
CP2 follow-up statements
778 WGUS73 KIND 292148 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 548 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015 INC055-101-292300- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150729T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENE IN-MARTIN IN- 548 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES... AT 544 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY NEAR PARTS OF TURKEY CREEK AND SULPHUR CREEK. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... OWENSBURG AND PARTS OF THE CRANE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3888 8686 3898 8685 3892 8668 3882 8668 $$ CP
671 WGUS73 KIND 292256 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 656 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015 INC055-101-292306- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150729T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREENE IN-MARTIN IN- 656 PM EDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3888 8686 3898 8685 3892 8668 3882 8668 $$ CP
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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.