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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana

June 15, 2015Cass County, Miami County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2015, 9:44 PM EDT for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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 15, 2015, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2015, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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 15, 10:24 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.261 Nne Wells, INSTORM TOTAL SINCE 6PM.
Jun 15, 10:24 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 3.262 Wsw Peru, INSTORM TOTAL SINCE 6PM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2015-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2015-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

285 
WGUS53 KIWX 160144
FFWIWX
INC017-103-160545-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0007.150616T0144Z-150616T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
944 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
    
* AT 942 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PERU...GRISSOM AFB...WALTON...BUNKER HILL...WELLS...FLORA...
  ONWARD...NEAD...ANOKA AND DEACON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4078 8607 4075 8594 4063 8608 4061 8637
      4071 8637

$$

BENTLEY
1 follow-up statement
069 
WGUS73 KIWX 160415
FFSIWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1215 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015

INC017-103-160545-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150616T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIAMI IN-CASS IN-
1215 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES...

AT 1210 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY 
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF 
RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH 130 AM EDT WHICH WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING 
FLOODING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END AROUND 2 AM EDT HOWEVER 
OVERLAND FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING 
ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PERU...GRISSOM AFB...WALTON...BUNKER HILL...WELLS...FLORA...ONWARD...
NEAD...ANOKA AND DEACON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4078 8607 4075 8594 4063 8608 4061 8637
      4071 8637

$$

JBALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXKosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Starke9 hr
Jun 15, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXWhite26 min
Jun 15, 9:46 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami and 3 more9 hr
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Wabash5 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke9 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCarroll, Pulaski, White9 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley4 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells5 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Wells8 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXHuntington, Wells9 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCass, Miami, Wabash51 hr
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen7 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb8 days
Jun 15, 11:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen57 hr
Jun 16, 1:52 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 11 more12 hr
Jun 16, 1:52 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCarroll, White7 days
Jun 16, 4:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Carroll, Cass, Huntington, Miami, Tippecanoe and 2 more59 hr
Jun 16, 4:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke4 days
Jun 16, 4:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen21 hr
Jun 16, 1:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 12 more12 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.