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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 14, 20164 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2016, 8:23 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2016, 8:23 AM EDT (12:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2016, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 9:40 AM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.413 S Bloomfield, IN2.41 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

767 
WGUS53 KIND 141223
FFWIND
INC027-055-083-153-141530-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0011.160814T1223Z-160814T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
823 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 823 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  VINCENNES...WASHINGTON...LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...RUSSELLVILLE...
  BICKNELL...WORTHINGTON...ODON...DUGGER...LYONS...CARLISLE...
  ELNORA...OAKTOWN...MONROE CITY...WHEATLAND...BRUCEVILLE...
  PLAINVILLE...SANDBORN...EDWARDSPORT AND SWITZ CITY.

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 3847 8775 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8761
      3864 8762 3868 8753 3874 8750 3878 8749
      3886 8755 3895 8751 3900 8755 3917 8698
      3902 8691 3874 8692 3850 8753 3852 8755
      3850 8754 3850 8758 3848 8759 3841 8774

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
118 
WGUS73 KIND 141521
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1121 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

INC027-055-083-153-141530-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160814T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX IN-GREENE IN-SULLIVAN IN-DAVIESS IN-
1121 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX...WESTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN
SULLIVAN AND NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE AREA. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3847 8775 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8761
      3864 8762 3868 8753 3874 8750 3878 8749
      3886 8755 3895 8751 3900 8755 3917 8698
      3902 8691 3874 8692 3850 8753 3852 8755
      3850 8754 3850 8758 3848 8759 3841 8774

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren4 days
Aug 14, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo4 days

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.