Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2015, 7:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. 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
- Jun 13, 2015, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
083
WGUS53 KIWX 132356
FFWIWX
OHC039-051-069-171-140300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0002.150613T2356Z-150614T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
756 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 755 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NAPOLEON...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...MONTPELIER...WEST UNITY...
STRYKER...LIBERTY CENTER...WEST JEFFERSON...PULASKI...MALINTA...
FLORIDA...MELBERN...COLTON...OKOLONA...PETTISVILLE...GERALD...
RIDGEVILLE CORNERS...HALLOCK AND EVANSPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4150 8392 4126 8406 4147 8472 4162 8473
$$
NWS2 follow-up statements
013 WGUS73 KIWX 140048 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 848 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 OHC039-051-069-171-140300- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150614T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH- 848 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS...SOUTHERN FULTON...NORTHERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTIES... AT 845 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NAPOLEON...ARCHBOLD...STRYKER...LIBERTY CENTER...MALINTA...FLORIDA... OKOLONA...GERALD...RIDGEVILLE CORNERS...COLTON...EVANSPORT AND ELERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4150 8392 4126 8406 4142 8449 4154 8441 $$ NWS
501 WGUS73 KIWX 140201 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1001 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 OHC039-051-069-171-140211- /O.CAN.KIWX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150614T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WILLIAMS OH-FULTON OH-HENRY OH-DEFIANCE OH- 1001 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMS...SOUTHERN FULTON...NORTHERN HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 4150 8392 4126 8406 4142 8449 4154 8441 $$ NWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:38 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Van Wert | 65 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.