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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this areal flood warning at Jun 16, 2015, 1:49 PM EDT for 18 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2015, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2015, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 16, 12:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 12:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 7:03 AM EDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 703 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-171115- ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 703 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA INTO NORTHWEST OHIO...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. ADDITIONALLY...MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST ON LARGER...MAIN STEM RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE PERSISTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE IN THE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIMEFRAME...AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OR CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN AREAS ALREADY IMPACTED WITH STANDING WATER. WHILE AN ISOLATED STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ON WEDNESDAY...BY FAR THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT FLOOD REPORTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003-LMZ043-046-MIZ077-171115- LA PORTE-NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 703 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SWIMMING CONDITIONS MAY BE DANGEROUS TODAY...ESPECIALLY AT INDIANA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE PERSISTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE IN THE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIMEFRAME...AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OR CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN AREAS ALREADY IMPACTED WITH STANDING WATER. WHILE AN ISOLATED STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ON WEDNESDAY...BY FAR THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT FLOOD REPORTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Starke | 9 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 9:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash | 5 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 9 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, Pulaski, White | 9 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 4 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 5 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 8 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 9 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 51 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 7 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 8 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 57 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:52 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, White | 7 days |
| Jun 16, 4:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Carroll, Cass, Huntington, Miami, Tippecanoe and 2 more | 59 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 4:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 21 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 9 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance | 4 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Putnam | 5 days |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 5 days |
| Jun 16, 5:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 12 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015
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.