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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 2016Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 1:15 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 26, 2016, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
6 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 265 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

199 
WGUS53 KIND 261715
FFWIND
INC005-031-079-262315-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0004.160726T1715Z-160726T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
115 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT TUESDAY

* AT 113 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COLUMBUS...NORTH VERNON...WESTPORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...HARTSVILLE...
  MILLHOUSEN...GRAMMER...LETTS...AZALIA...BUTLERVILLE...
  COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES AND NEWBERN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 3901 8548 3902 8577 3904 8580 3907 8580
      3907 8582 3906 8584 3913 8595 3928 8581
      3922 8544

$$

NIELD
1 follow-up statement
690 
WGUS73 KIND 261950
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
350 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016

INC005-031-079-262315-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160726T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JENNINGS IN-DECATUR IN-BARTHOLOMEW IN-
350 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN JENNINGS...SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR AND EASTERN BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTIES...

AT 348 PM EDT...GAUGE REPORTS THAT SOME AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS. BRUSH CREEK IS ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...NORTH VERNON...WESTPORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...HARTSVILLE...
MILLHOUSEN...GRAMMER...LETTS...AZALIA...BUTLERVILLE...
COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES AND NEWBERN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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 3901 8548 3902 8577 3904 8580 3907 8580
      3907 8582 3906 8584 3913 8595 3928 8581
      3922 8544

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 10:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDVigo4 hr
Jul 26, 10:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings4 hr
Jul 26, 11:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown3 hr
Jul 26, 1:02 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings6 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.