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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 7:54 PM EDT for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 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 28, 2016, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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 28, 8:39 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Muncie, IN | STREET FLOODING ONGOING AT THE INTERSECTION OF KILGORE AVE AND ADAMS STREET. POLICE ON SCENE TO BLOCK THE INTERSECTION. |
| Aug 28, 9:19 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Muncie, IN | MUNCIE FIRE DEPARTMENT BLOCKING ROADS EAST OF MADISON STREET AND SOUTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE THROUGH 18TH STREET DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 28, 9:28 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Muncie, IN | WATER RESCUES ONGOING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MUNCIE. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.
123 WGUS53 KIND 282354 FFWIND INC035-135-290300- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0018.160828T2354Z-160829T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 754 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 753 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES JUST SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE SINCE 7 PM EDT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MUNCIE...PARKER CITY...FARMLAND...SELMA...BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AND PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 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 4008 8522 4008 8547 4023 8543 4021 8511 $$ RYAN
2 follow-up statements
065 WGUS73 KIND 290214 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1014 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 INC135-290223- /O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160829T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RANDOLPH IN- 1014 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4008 8522 4008 8547 4023 8543 4021 8522 $$ INC035-290300- /O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160829T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DELAWARE IN- 1014 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY... AT 1013 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR EARLIER THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING...WITH WATER RESCUES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MUNCIE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MUNCIE...SELMA...BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AND PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 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 4008 8522 4008 8547 4023 8543 4021 8522 $$ RYAN
839 WGUS53 KIND 290246 FFWIND INC035-290500- /O.EXT.KIND.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160829T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1046 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 100 AM EDT * AT 1044 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AND ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH SIDE OF MUNCIE. WATER RESCUES HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED EAST OF MADISON STREET AND SOUTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MUNCIE...SELMA... BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AND PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 4008 8522 4008 8547 4023 8543 4021 8522 $$ 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, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton | 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 |
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.