Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 6:12 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 16 reports 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 26, 2016, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:37 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Indianapolis, IN | RATHSKELLER GERMAN RESTAURANT FLOODED WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A COUPLE INCHES OF WATER. |
| Aug 26, 7:03 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fishers, IN | STREET FLOODING |
| Aug 26, 7:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nw Indianapolis, IN | CARS STRANDED ON RAMP |
| Aug 26, 7:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Broad Ripple, IN | SIDE STREETS SOUTH OF BROAD RIPPLE AVENUE HAVE UP TO 2 FEET OF FLOOD WATER |
| Aug 26, 7:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Castleton, IN | CASTLETON MALL PARKING LOT FLOODED |
| Aug 26, 7:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Indianapolis, IN | CARS TRAPPED IN FLOOD WATER ON MARTIN LUTHER KING RAMP |
| Aug 26, 7:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Indianapolis, IN | DUGOUT FLOODED AT VICTORY FIELD BASEBALL STADIUM |
| Aug 26, 7:15 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.82 | Indianapolis Int'L Airp, IN | STORM TOTAL FROM THIS EARLY EVENINGS EVENT |
| Aug 26, 7:27 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Ne Indianapolis, IN | INTERSECTION OF ALLISONVILLE ROAD AND 65TH STREET FLOODED WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. TIME IS OF SOCIAL MEDIA POST. |
| Aug 26, 7:33 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.15 | 1 S Castleton, IN | AMOUNT FROM THIS EVENINGS STORM. FLOODING OBSERVED. |
| Aug 26, 7:39 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Indianapolis, IN | CAR HALF SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATER UNDERNEATH OVERPASS AT WASHINGTON STREET AND TIBBS AVENUE. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Aug 26, 7:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Wynnedale, IN | MARION UNIVERSITY AMPHITHEATER FLOODED ROUGHLY THREE FEET DEEP |
| Aug 26, 7:54 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Indianapolis, IN | FLOOD WATER IS ENTERING RALEIGH BUILDING AT PENNSYLVANIA AND 13TH STREET. TIME IS POSTING TIME OF FLOOD REPORT AND VIDEO. |
| Aug 26, 7:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Indianapolis, IN | HIGH WATER ON KENTUCKY AVENUE NEAR RAYMOND STREET. RELAYED THROUGH OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Aug 26, 8:08 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Ne Indianapolis, IN | FLOODED AT OLNEY STREET AND BROXTON DRIVE. WATER IS ABOUT HALFWAY UP CAR TIRES. |
| Aug 26, 8:52 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.4 | 1 Se Indianapolis Int'L, IN | AMOUNT FROM THIS EVENINGS STORM AT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. AMOUNT FOR DAY IS 2.43. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
458
WGUS53 KIND 262212
FFWIND
INC057-059-063-081-097-109-270115-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0014.160826T2212Z-160827T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
612 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 610 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING BUT SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. WITH PARTS OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA HAVING RECEIVED
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STORMS THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL STORMS THIS
EVENING WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...CARMEL...FISHERS...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...
PLAINFIELD...BROWNSBURG...BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...MOORESVILLE...
DANVILLE...SOUTHPORT...AVON...CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...
MERIDIAN HILLS...BROOKLYN...WARREN PARK...CLERMONT AND MONROVIA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 124.
INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 209.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 95.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 98.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3994 8586 3970 8597 3949 8625 3948 8667
3978 8647 3998 8609 3999 8586
$$
RYAN1 follow-up statement
022
WGUS73 KIND 262312
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
712 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016
INC057-059-063-081-097-109-270115-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160827T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAMILTON IN-HANCOCK IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN-HENDRICKS IN-MARION IN-
712 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK...NORTHWESTERN
JOHNSON...NORTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS AND MARION
COUNTIES...
AT 710 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WERE
ALIGNED FROM FISHERS SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE EASTERN INDIANAPOLIS
METRO TO NEAR GREENWOOD. STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SINCE 645 PM.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED
ACROSS THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA. INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 1.82 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...CARMEL...FISHERS...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...
PLAINFIELD...BROWNSBURG...BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...MOORESVILLE...
DANVILLE...SOUTHPORT...AVON...CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...
MERIDIAN HILLS...BROOKLYN...WARREN PARK...CLERMONT AND MONROVIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3994 8586 3970 8597 3949 8625 3948 8667
3978 8647 3998 8609 3999 8586
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 6:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 8:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Marion | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 8:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 9:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Marion | 3 hr |
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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.