Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2015, 8:29 PM EDT for Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jun 13, 2015, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2015, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Huntington County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:38 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.11 | 4 Ssw Huntington, IN | MESONET STATION 3 SSW HUNTINGTON /C9663/ |
| Jun 13, 11:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 1 Wnw Warren, IN | RIVER FLOWING OVER FLOWINGWELL RD. |
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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104
WGUS53 KIWX 140029
FFWIWX
INC069-179-140330-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0003.150614T0029Z-150614T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
829 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 827 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM EDT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTINGTON...ANDREWS...MARKLE...ROANOKE...WARREN...LANCASTER...
MOUNT ETNA...BRACKEN...PLUM TREE...PLEASANT PLAIN...LIBERTY
CENTER...ROCKFORD...DILLMAN...MAJENICA...MCNATTS...GOBLESVILLE...
MAHON...BIPPUS...MOUNT ZION AND KEYSTONE.
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 4062 8545 4065 8545 4066 8564 4100 8564
4100 8534 4092 8534 4092 8531 4057 8520
4057 8523
$$
NWS1 follow-up statement
717
WGUS73 KIWX 140150
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
950 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015
INC069-179-140330-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150614T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WELLS IN-HUNTINGTON IN-
950 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN WELLS AND HUNTINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 948 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAD REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
HUNTINGTON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN HAS STOPPED...FLASH
FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTINGTON...ANDREWS...MARKLE...ROANOKE...WARREN...LANCASTER...MOUNT
ETNA...BRACKEN...PLUM TREE...PLEASANT PLAIN...LIBERTY CENTER...
ROCKFORD...DILLMAN...MAJENICA...MCNATTS...GOBLESVILLE...MAHON...
BIPPUS...MOUNT ZION AND KEYSTONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4062 8545 4065 8545 4066 8564 4100 8564
4100 8534 4092 8534 4092 8531 4057 8520
4057 8523
$$
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 9:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Wabash | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Wells | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Wells | 9 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 59 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 10 days |
| Jun 14, 6:14 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Allen | 56 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 9 days |
| Jun 14, 10:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 5 days |
| Jun 14, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Pulaski, White | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Marshall, Starke | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.