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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 20154 counties in Ohio

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2015-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2015-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

NWS
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchIWXVan Wert65 hr
Jun 13, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance27 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2015Every flash 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.