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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 2:17 PM EDT for 9 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2016, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
448
WGUS53 KIND 131817
FFWIND
INC005-013-027-055-071-093-101-105-145-132115-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0010.160813T1817Z-160813T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
217 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 217 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...NASHVILLE...SHOALS...
EDINBURGH...MITCHELL...LOOGOOTEE...FLAT ROCK...ODON...OOLITIC...
CLIFFORD...CRANE...WOODVILLE HILLS...FREETOWN...WILLIAMS...
HELTONVILLE...INDIANA UNIVERSITY...
WEST BOGGS LAKE AND TAYLORSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 83.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 8712 3897 8690 3934 8620 3935 8595
3943 8595 3952 8569 3891 8613 3869 8662
3869 8668 3865 8668 3859 8682
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
391
WGUS73 KIND 132107
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
507 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
INC005-013-027-055-071-093-101-105-145-132117-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160813T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BROWN IN-MONROE IN-GREENE IN-JACKSON IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
LAWRENCE IN-BARTHOLOMEW IN-SHELBY IN-
507 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BROWN...SOUTHERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN
GREENE...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...MARTIN...NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
LAWRENCE...WESTERN BARTHOLOMEW AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3876 8712 3897 8690 3934 8620 3935 8595
3943 8595 3952 8569 3891 8613 3869 8662
3869 8668 3865 8668 3859 8682
$$
TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 31 more | 3 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 5 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 60 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 7 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 7 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 9 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 10 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 8 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 4 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 5 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 7 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 4 days |
| Aug 13, 12:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2016Every flash 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.