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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 11:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 E Greensburg, IN | INTERSTATE 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.
- 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
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
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Rush | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Rush | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 10:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 3 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.