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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT for Hamilton County, 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 28, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hamilton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
757 WGUS53 KIND 282145 FFWIND INC057-290045- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0016.160828T2145Z-160829T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 544 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WITH ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES BETWEEN NOBLESVILLE AND WESTFIELD SINCE 5 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CARMEL...FISHERS...NOBLESVILLE AND WESTFIELD. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 203 AND 206. 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 4007 8596 3993 8599 3993 8616 4007 8611 $$ RYAN
2 follow-up statements
753 WGUS73 KIND 282302 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 702 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 INC057-290045- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160829T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HAMILTON IN- 702 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 700 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES FELL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR BETWEEN NOBLESVILLE AND WESTFIELD BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM...WITH ANY FLASH FLOODING LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 60 TO 90 MINUTES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CARMEL...FISHERS...NOBLESVILLE AND WESTFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 4007 8596 3993 8599 3993 8616 4007 8611 $$ RYAN
952 WGUS73 KIND 290042 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 842 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 INC057-290052- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160829T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HAMILTON IN- 842 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4007 8596 3993 8599 3993 8616 4007 8611 $$ RYAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henry | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware, Madison | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.