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Areal Flood Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 9:03 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2016, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Aug 26, 6:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 453 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-270900- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE- TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 453 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDS: REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM FOG. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING: FOG POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND COMBINED WITH NEAR CALM WINDS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR PATCHY FOG FORMATION THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: UPPER WAVES MOVING THROUGH ON THE EDGES OF AN UPPER RIDGE WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 26, 8:13 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 24 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Howard | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 10:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 4 hr |
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Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2016Every areal flood warning in 2016
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.