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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 20165 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 2:23 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 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: Jun 23, 2016, 2:23 AM EDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 41.8

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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 Jun 23, 2:21 AM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:21 AM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 10:46 AM EDT, 15 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1046 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2016

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-231500-
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
1046 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE NORTH AND EASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA
HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE SOUTH AND
WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ALSO HAVE A RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER...BUT IT IS NOT AS HIGH.

THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE VERY HIGH WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAIN. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE, BUT HAVE A LOWER CHANCE OF
OCCURRING. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM.

HAZARDS: VERY DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING...LARGE HAIL...AND
LIGHTNING.

TIMING: THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTER 7 PM. ISOLATED SEVERE
WEATHER COULD OCCUR ANYTIME.

DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONT IN COMBINATION WITH A VIGOROUS UPPER
LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE
STORMS AR NOT EXPECTED TO SEVERE...BUT LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM
ANY THUNDERSTORM.

STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IT IS TOO
SOON TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT AND EXITING UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MAY PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. SPOTTERS WILL MOSTLY LIKELY
BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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, Jun 23, 1:56 AM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:08 AM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:09 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:20 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew	35 min
Jun 23, 12:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	45 min
Jun 23, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	19 min
Jun 23, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	47 min
Jun 23, 12:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	37 min
Jun 23, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	30 min
Jun 23, 1:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 1:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	4 hr
Jun 23, 1:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 1:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren	17 min
Jun 23, 1:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph	45 min
Jun 23, 1:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	23 min
Jun 23, 2:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery	16 min
Jun 23, 2:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	62 min
Jun 23, 2:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	44 min
Jun 23, 2:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	40 min
Jun 23, 2:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion	33 min
Jun 23, 2:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Tipton	6 hr
Jun 23, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	25 min
Jun 23, 3:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	5 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2016 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.