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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 18, 2016Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Jul 18, 2016, 5:14 AM EDT for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren County, 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: Jul 18, 2016, 5:14 AM EDT (09:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2016, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 3314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.3
Supercell composite: 26.5

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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 Jul 18, 4:25 AM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 4:25 AM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:45 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
445 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-190845-
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
445 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN.

TIMING: BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WILL BE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...AND AGAIN FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION: A FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS WEEK
PROVIDING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE 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

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:36 AM EDT, 38 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
Jul 18, 3:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	4 hr
Jul 18, 4:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	90 min
Jul 18, 4:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Marion	54 min
Jul 18, 5:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan, Rush, Shelby	52 min
Jul 18, 5:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery	12 hr
Jul 18, 6:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more	6 hr
Jul 18, 6:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Fountain, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo	12 hr
Jul 18, 7:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 4 more	4 hr
Jul 18, 7:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin	57 min
Jul 18, 7:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin	53 min
Jul 18, 11:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	10 hr
Jul 18, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	45 min
Jul 18, 12:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	23 min
Jul 18, 12:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Owen, Parke, Putnam	49 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.