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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 8, 2016Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2016, 9:49 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
Sep 8, 2016, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2016, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 8, 11:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD4 E Greensburg, ININTERSTATE 74 IS SHUT DOWN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 143 DUE TO HIGH WATER.

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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

979 
WGUS53 KIND 090149
FFWIND
INC005-031-079-090445-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0022.160909T0149Z-160909T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
949 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.

* AT 949 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COLUMBUS...GREENSBURG...ADAMS...EDINBURGH...HOPE...MILFORD...
  WESTPORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...HARTSVILLE...CLIFFORD...JONESVILLE...
  MILLHOUSEN...GRAMMER...WAYMANSVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...AZALIA...
  BURNEY...NEWBERN...LAKE SANTEE AND LETTS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 78.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 144.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3920 8544 3907 8544 3905 8580 3907 8580
      3907 8582 3905 8586 3904 8608 3917 8608
      3933 8606 3935 8590 3935 8563 3938 8563
      3942 8530 3927 8530

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 9:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe3 hr
Sep 9, 12:42 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings6 hr
Sep 9, 3:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDRush3 hr
Sep 9, 6:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDRush3 hr
Sep 9, 8:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington4 days
Sep 9, 10:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington3 days

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.