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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 2016Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Jun 26, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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 26, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2016, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 294 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 26, 10:01 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 10:01 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:23 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-272030-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING
THEN DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT. ADDITIONALLY...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH OR
EXCEED 100 DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING...DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL.

TIMING: HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 THROUGH 7 PM. THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE ANY TIME...BUT PARTICULARLY BEFORE 10 PM.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY MOVE SLOWLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE
WARM INTO EARLY EVENING WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100
DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR PARTS OF THE
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
WHETHER A SEVERE STORM THREAT EXISTS. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM
ANY STORM.

DISCUSSION: A BREAK FROM RECENT HOT AND ACTIVE WEATHER CAN BE
EXPECTED MUCH OF THIS WEEK...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER
OBSERVED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ067>072-272030-
KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING
THEN DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT. ADDITIONALLY...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH OR
EXCEED 100 DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING...DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL.

TIMING: HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 THROUGH 7 PM. THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE ANY TIME...BUT PARTICULARLY BEFORE 10 PM

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY MOVE SLOWLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE
WARM INTO EARLY EVENING WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100
DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR PARTS OF THE
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
WHETHER A SEVERE STORM THREAT EXISTS. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM
ANY STORM.

DISCUSSION: A FEW STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY AS A FRONT
EXITS THE AREA. A BREAK FROM RECENT HOT AND ACTIVE WEATHER CAN BE
EXPECTED MUCH OF THIS WEEK...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER
OBSERVED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:15 PM EDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ021-029>031-036>038-262300-
HOWARD IN-CLINTON IN-MONTGOMERY IN-TIPTON IN-BOONE IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
CARROLL IN-
615 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...
NORTHWESTERN BOONE...NORTHWESTERN TIPTON...CLINTON...NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE AND SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 614 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DELPHI TO 7 MILES EAST OF
VEEDERSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KOKOMO...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ROSSVILLE...THORNTOWN...
MULBERRY...RUSSIAVILLE...WAYNETOWN...DARLINGTON...LINDEN...COLFAX...
CLARKS HILL...BURLINGTON...MICHIGANTOWN...
NEW RICHMOND AND INDIAN HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4046 8599 3998 8683 4008 8709 4015 8709
      4054 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 305DEG 16KT 4047 8650 4011 8712

50
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
656 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ030-031-036>040-044>046-262330-
HOWARD IN-HENDRICKS IN-MADISON IN-PARKE IN-HAMILTON IN-CLINTON IN-
MONTGOMERY IN-TIPTON IN-BOONE IN-PUTNAM IN-
656 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON...BOONE...TIPTON...
SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN PUTNAM...
PARKE...NORTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTHERN HENDRICKS AND EASTERN HOWARD
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 655 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF
THEM STRONG...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KOKOMO TO 10 MILES
EAST OF FRANKFORT TO ROCKVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

WINDS WILL INCREASE BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KOKOMO...CRAWFORDSVILLE...CARMEL...NOBLESVILLE...BROWNSBURG...
LEBANON...ZIONSVILLE...GREENCASTLE...ELWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...TIPTON...
ROCKVILLE...WINDFALL CITY...WESTFIELD...CICERO...PITTSBORO...
WHITESTOWN...SHERIDAN...GREENTOWN AND FRANKTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4045 8586 4038 8586 4038 8568 4035 8560
      4004 8592 3992 8621 3992 8633 3987 8633
      3960 8699 3978 8737 4026 8640 4053 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 300DEG 21KT 4045 8607 4023 8633 3979 8721

50
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
852 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ061-270145-
GREENE IN-
852 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 945
PM EDT...

AT 852 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LINTON...OR 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...WORTHINGTON...LYONS...SWITZ CITY...NEWBERRY AND
VICKSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8716 3917 8702 3897 8672 3890 8682
      3890 8703 3905 8724 3911 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 313DEG 21KT 3910 8711

50
Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
902 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SW REELSVILLE         39.50N  87.00W
06/26/2016  M1.95 INCH       PUTNAM             IN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            AMOUNT FELL IN 45 MINUTES

&&

50
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
910 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ067-270200-
KNOX IN-
910 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM
EDT...

AT 910 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINCENNES...BICKNELL...MONROE CITY...WHEATLAND...
BRUCEVILLE AND VINCENNES UNIVERSITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 8761 3867 8759 3869 8753 3874 8750
      3877 8750 3877 8751 3878 8744 3879 8724
      3878 8724 3878 8726 3877 8725 3877 8724
      3874 8724 3869 8728 3867 8726 3868 8724
      3866 8726 3866 8724 3853 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 280DEG 15KT 3868 8751

50
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:31 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
931 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ062-270215-
MONROE IN-
931 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM
EDT...

AT 930 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON...ELLETTSVILLE...WOODVILLE HILLS...UNIONVILLE...
HARRODSBURG...INDIANA UNIVERSITY...WHITEHALL...MONROE RESERVOIR...
FAIRFAX STATE RECREATION AREA AND SMITHVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3903 8668 3921 8668 3926 8638 3925 8638
      3925 8637 3899 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 269DEG 17KT 3913 8668

JAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Vigo3 hr
Jun 26, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene53 min
Jun 26, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDPutnam3 hr
Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDKnox50 min
Jun 26, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMonroe44 min
Jun 26, 9:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDGreene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen3 hr
Jun 26, 9:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDKnox3 hr
Jun 26, 10:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBrown, Monroe3 hr

Nearby

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.