Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 9:40 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.41 | 3 S Bloomfield, IN | 2.41 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.
- 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
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
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
118
WGUS73 KIND 141521
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1121 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
INC027-055-083-153-141530-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160814T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX IN-GREENE IN-SULLIVAN IN-DAVIESS IN-
1121 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX...WESTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN
SULLIVAN AND NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE AREA. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3847 8775 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8761
3864 8762 3868 8753 3874 8750 3878 8749
3886 8755 3895 8751 3900 8755 3917 8698
3902 8691 3874 8692 3850 8753 3852 8755
3850 8754 3850 8758 3848 8759 3841 8774
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 4 days |
| Aug 14, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 4 days |
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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.