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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 29, 2015Greene County, Martin County, Indiana

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.

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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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1316 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

CP
2 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.