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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 2015Adams County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2015, 10:07 PM EDT for Adams 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, 10:07 PM EDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Adams County, IN, Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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, 10:36 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 W Bluffton, INSR124 NEAR ADAMS ST IMPASSABLE WITH 2-3 FEET OF WATER. NUMEROUS SIDE STREETS IN BLUFFTON COVERED WITH 5 INCHES OF WATER.
Jun 13, 10:50 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 41 E Preble, IN6-8 WATER ON THE GROUND, WITH ABOUT 1-2 FLOWING OVER PARTS OF AREA ROADS. NEAR HWY 224 AND 300 W.

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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.

786 
WGUS53 KIWX 140207
FFWIWX
INC001-179-140500-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0004.150614T0207Z-150614T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1007 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...
  NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
    
* AT 1006 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...
  BLUFFTON...DECATUR...OSSIAN...MONROE...PREBLE...UNIONDALE...
  PONETO...VERA CRUZ...TRAVISVILLE...MURRAY...NORTH OAKS...
  PETERSON...MONMOUTH...WELLSBURG...MAGLEY...CRAIGVILLE...
  KINGSLAND...RIVARE...WILLIAMS AND TOCSIN.

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 4090 8530 4092 8496 4092 8480 4076 8480
      4065 8522

$$

NWS
1 follow-up statement
522 
WGUS73 KIWX 140303
FFSIWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1103 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015

INC001-179-140500-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150614T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WELLS IN-ADAMS IN-
1103 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WELLS AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 1103 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 
NEAR BLUFFTON. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH 
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLUFFTON...DECATUR...OSSIAN...MONROE...PREBLE...UNIONDALE...PONETO...
VERA CRUZ...TRAVISVILLE...MURRAY...NORTH OAKS...PETERSON...
MONMOUTH...WELLSBURG...MAGLEY...CRAIGVILLE...KINGSLAND...RIVARE...
WILLIAMS AND TOCSIN.

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 4090 8530 4092 8496 4092 8480 4076 8480
      4065 8522

$$

NWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXHuntington, Wells3 hr
Jun 13, 9:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXWabash2 hr
Jun 13, 9:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Wells2 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.