Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2015, 5:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 7 reports 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
- May 30, 2015, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ingalls, IN | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY ON A ROAD NEAR MERIDIAN. |
| May 30, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ingalls, IN | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY ON A ROAD NEAR MERIDIAN STREET. |
| May 30, 6:02 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Noblesville, IN | ABOUT HALF A MILE WEST OF HWY 13 ON HWY 38. WESTBOUND LANE OF HWY 38 IS UNDERWATER. SEVERAL INCHES OF FLOWING WATER IS GOING OVER DRIVEWAYS. RAIN IS STARTING TO LIGHTEN TO UP. |
| May 30, 6:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Lapel, IN | NORTH BOUND LANE IS IMPASSABLE ONE MILE NORTH OF I69 ON SR 13. |
| May 30, 6:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Edgewood, IN | ANDERSON FIRE WORKED 2 WATER RESCUES IN THE AREA OF 8TH STREET AND RABILE AVENUE. |
| May 30, 6:49 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.43 | 3 Nw Anderson, IN | IN NORTH ANDERSON AT INTERSECTION OF 300N AND 100W |
| May 30, 8:33 PM EDT | RAIN | 3 S Alexandria, IN | STORM TOTAL OF 2.00 INCHES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871
WGUS53 KIND 302143
FFWIND
INC057-059-095-097-310030-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0006.150530T2143Z-150531T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
543 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING
REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN VERY QUICKLY OVER SOUTHWEST MADISON COUNTY SINCE 430 PM. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA AND LAWRENCE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 221.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4026 8558 4025 8557 3984 8589 3986 8610
4031 8574
$$
RYAN1 follow-up statement
098
WGUS73 KIND 302319
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
719 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015
INC057-059-095-097-310030-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150531T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAMILTON-HANCOCK-MADISON-MARION-
719 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK...MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL
830 PM EDT...
AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH RAIN
HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING...FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EVENING. MORE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE OVER THE
AREA NEAR OR JUST AFTER SUNSET.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...ANDERSON...ALEXANDRIA...LAPEL AND LAWRENCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STATE ROUTES 13 AND 38 ARE BOTH FLOODED AND IN SOME LOCATIONS
IMPASSIBLE SOUTH OF LAPEL AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 69.
ADDITIONALLY...STREET FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN ANDERSON AND AT LEAST
ONE VEHICLE RESCUE TOOK PLACE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4026 8558 4025 8557 3984 8589 3986 8610
4031 8574
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Marion, Morgan | 47 min |
| May 30, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 38 min |
| May 30, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tipton | 32 min |
| May 30, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Madison | 33 min |
| May 30, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware | 15 min |
| May 30, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:29 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton and 15 more | 19 hr |
| May 30, 4:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| May 30, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone, Tipton | 62 min |
| May 30, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Madison, Marion | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks | 51 min |
| May 30, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Decatur | 35 min |
| May 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Knox | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison | 35 min |
| May 30, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 33 min |
| May 30, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 30, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush | 29 min |
| May 30, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 41 min |
| May 30, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 36 min |
| May 30, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 26 min |
| May 30, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 51 min |
| May 30, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain | 33 min |
| May 30, 7:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Brown, Lawrence, Monroe | 24 min |
| May 30, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks and 7 more | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 51 min |
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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.