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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood watch at Jun 15, 2015, 11:48 AM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jun 15, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2015, 11:48 AM EDT (15:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 15, 5:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 5:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 6:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 620 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-161130- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 620 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE THE MAIN THREATS BUT A FEW ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE PERSISTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEK. THE HIGHEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE IN THE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIMEFRAME. HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES MAY LEAD TO FLOODING AS WELL THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED FLOODING OR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-161130- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 620 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE PERSISTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEK. THE HIGHEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE IN THE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIMEFRAME. HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES MAY LEAD TO FLOODING AS WELL THROUGH THE WEEK. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:34 AM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1034 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 INZ003-012-151600- STARKE-LA PORTE- 1034 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL STARKE AND SOUTHERN LA PORTE COUNTIES... AT 1034 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LA CROSSE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MALDEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNOX...KINGSFORD HEIGHTS...WANATAH...HAMLET...LA CROSSE...HANNA... TOTO...SOUTH CENTER...LOMAX...SOUTH WANATAH...THOMASTON...BREMS... SALEM HEIGHTS...ENGLISH LAKE...OBER AND BASS LAKE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 4124 8693 4144 8692 4150 8658 4125 8652 TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 257DEG 26KT 4135 8682 BENTLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 12:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 6 days |
| Jun 15, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 1:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 2:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Miami | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 4:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 7 days |
| Jun 15, 4:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 6 days |
| Jun 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 5:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Buren | 26 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2015Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2015Flash Flood Watches in Michigan, 2015Every flash flood watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.