Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2015, 8:40 AM EDT for Allen 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 27, 2015, 8:40 AM EDT (12:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Allen County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 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 27, 10:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.8 | 1 N Fort Wayne, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Jun 27, 10:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.8 | 1 Nnw Fort Wayne, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
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 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WGUS53 KIWX 271240 FFWIWX INC003-271415- /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0009.150627T1240Z-150627T1415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 840 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA... * UNTIL 1015 AM EDT * AT 840 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTERTOWN...WOODBURN...MONROEVILLE... GRABILL...LEO-CEDARVILLE...MIDDLETOWN...TOWNLEY...CUBA... HOAGLAND...HARLAN...ZULU...TILLMAN...ROLLING HILLS...WALLEN... POE...MAPLES...HESSEN CASSEL AND NINE MILE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4126 8483 4093 8483 4093 8528 4125 8529 $$ JAL
3 follow-up statements
031 WGUS73 KIWX 271317 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 917 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 INC003-271415- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150627T1415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLEN IN- 917 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR ALLEN COUNTY... AT 915 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTERTOWN...WOODBURN...MONROEVILLE... GRABILL...LEO-CEDARVILLE...MIDDLETOWN...TOWNLEY...CUBA...HOAGLAND... HARLAN...ZULU...TILLMAN...ROLLING HILLS...WALLEN...POE...MAPLES... HESSEN CASSEL AND NINE MILE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4126 8483 4093 8483 4093 8528 4125 8529 $$ JAL
921 WGUS53 KIWX 271401 FFWIWX INC003-271615- /O.EXT.KIWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150627T1615Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1001 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA... * UNTIL 1215 PM EDT * AT 959 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTERTOWN...WOODBURN...MONROEVILLE... GRABILL...LEO-CEDARVILLE...MIDDLETOWN...TOWNLEY...CUBA... HOAGLAND...HARLAN...ZULU...TILLMAN...ROLLING HILLS...WALLEN... POE...MAPLES...HESSEN CASSEL AND NINE MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4126 8483 4093 8483 4093 8528 4125 8529 $$ JAL
990 WGUS73 KIWX 271519 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1119 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 INC003-271615- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150627T1615Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALLEN IN- 1119 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR ALLEN COUNTY... AT 1116 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTERTOWN...WOODBURN...MONROEVILLE... GRABILL...LEO-CEDARVILLE...MIDDLETOWN...TOWNLEY...CUBA...HOAGLAND... HARLAN...ZULU...TILLMAN...ROLLING HILLS...WALLEN...POE...MAPLES... HESSEN CASSEL AND NINE MILE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEASTERN ALLEN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4126 8483 4093 8483 4093 8528 4125 8529 $$ JAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:32 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Carroll, White | 51 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash | 57 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 4 days |
| Jun 27, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 5 days |
| Jun 27, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 11 days |
| Jun 27, 4:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 5 days |
| Jun 27, 6:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 16 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 9:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 41 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 8 days |
| Jun 27, 12:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, Pulaski, White | 9 days |
| Jun 27, 12:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 5 days |
| Jun 27, 12:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 58 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Jay | 12 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 8 days |
| Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 45 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.