Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2016, 10:19 AM EDT for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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 27, 2016, 10:19 AM EDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Marion County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1019 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
783
WGUS53 KIND 271419
FFWIND
INC097-271815-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0015.160827T1419Z-160827T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1019 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
* AT 1018 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...FISHERS...LAWRENCE...BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...
SOUTHPORT...CUMBERLAND...MERIDIAN HILLS...WARREN PARK...CLERMONT...
HOMECROFT...ROCKY RIPPLE...WILLIAMS CREEK...WYNNEDALE...
SPRING HILL...CROWS NEST...NORTH CROWS NEST...
INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS...CAMBY AND GEIST RESERVOIR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 126.
INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 202.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 93.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 100.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3987 8594 3987 8595 3964 8595 3964 8632
3992 8632 3993 8601 3993 8594
$$
NIELD1 follow-up statement
369
WGUS73 KIND 271812
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
212 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016
INC097-271821-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160827T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARION IN-
212 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM
EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3987 8594 3987 8595 3964 8595 3964 8632
3992 8632 3993 8601 3993 8594
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 9 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 24 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Howard | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 10:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.