Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 2016Clay County, Putnam County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2016, 5:44 PM EDT for Clay County, Putnam County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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
Jul 13, 2016, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 7:55 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nne Brazil, INCULVERT WASHED OUT AT CR1100N ABOUT 0.5 MILES EAST OF SR59 OVER DAN BROOK CREEK.

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1355 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

088 
WGUS53 KIND 132144
FFWIND
INC021-133-167-140115-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0002.160713T2144Z-160714T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
544 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CENTRAL VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 542 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TERRE HAUTE...GREENCASTLE...BRAZIL...WEST TERRE HAUTE...
  PRAIRIETON...SEELYVILLE...KNIGHTSVILLE...HARMONY...STAUNTON...
  INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...REELSVILLE AND NORTH TERRE HAUTE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 39.
 
LAT...LON 3935 8754 3935 8753 3950 8753 3964 8681
      3954 8680 3934 8754

$$
DRT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain31 min
Jul 13, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Montgomery42 min
Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVermillion27 min
Jul 13, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery31 min
Jul 13, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke26 min
Jul 13, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion34 min
Jul 13, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo30 min
Jul 13, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton37 min
Jul 13, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe32 min
Jul 13, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Vermillion34 min
Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo33 min
Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Putnam12 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton37 min
Jul 13, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam34 min
Jul 13, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo34 min
Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam33 min
Jul 13, 5:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Vigo3 hr
Jul 13, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph50 min
Jul 13, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Marion32 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph39 min
Jul 13, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Putnam37 min
Jul 13, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke36 min
Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph41 min
Jul 13, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam29 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam34 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby34 min
Jul 13, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam28 min
Jul 13, 6:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam3 hr
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more34 min
Jul 13, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo38 min
Jul 13, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 3 more48 min
Jul 13, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more32 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.