Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2015, 4:36 PM EDT for Carroll 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
- Sep 4, 2015, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Carroll County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
819
WGUS53 KIND 042036
FFWIND
INC015-042330-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0048.150904T2036Z-150904T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
436 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 435 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DELPHI...CAMDEN AND YEOMAN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...ROCK CREEK...
SQUAW BRANCH...MITCHELL CREEK...TANNERY BRANCH...DEER CREEK...WABASH
RIVER...PAINT CREEK...TIPPECANOE RIVER...ROBINSON BRANCH...BRIDGE
CREEK...PLEASANT RUN AND RATTLESNAKE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4064 8652 4055 8657 4059 8675 4072 8672
$$
KOCH2 follow-up statements
064 WGUS73 KIND 042129 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 529 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015 INC015-042330- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-150904T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CARROLL IN- 529 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY... AT 525 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED BUT FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DELPHI...CAMDEN AND YEOMAN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF INCH IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...ROCK CREEK... SQUAW BRANCH...MITCHELL CREEK...TANNERY BRANCH...DEER CREEK...WABASH RIVER...PAINT CREEK...TIPPECANOE RIVER...ROBINSON BRANCH...BRIDGE CREEK...PLEASANT RUN AND RATTLESNAKE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4064 8652 4055 8657 4059 8675 4072 8672 $$ KOCH
631 WGUS73 KIND 042320 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 720 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015 INC015-042330- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-150904T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CARROLL IN- 720 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 4064 8652 4055 8657 4059 8675 4072 8672 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 4:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 29 min |
| Sep 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 36 min |
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.