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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 2015Huntington County, Wells County, 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 8:38 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.114 Ssw Huntington, INMESONET STATION 3 SSW HUNTINGTON /C9663/
Jun 13, 11:00 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 01 Wnw Warren, INRIVER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2015-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 438 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2015-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

NWS
1 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

$$

NWS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXWabash2 hr
Jun 13, 9:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Wells2 hr
Jun 13, 10:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams, Wells3 hr
Jun 13, 11:40 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXAdams, Huntington, Wells9 hr
Jun 14, 3:31 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXHuntington, Wells59 hr
Jun 14, 3:31 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen10 days
Jun 14, 6:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchIWXAllen56 hr
Jun 14, 10:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen9 days
Jun 14, 10:49 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchIWXFulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke5 days
Jun 14, 4:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Pulaski, White3 hr
Jun 14, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXPulaski50 min
Jun 14, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams39 min
Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXMarshall, Starke3 hr

Nearby

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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.