Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
NIELD1 follow-up statement
690
WGUS73 KIND 261950
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
350 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
INC005-031-079-262315-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160726T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JENNINGS IN-DECATUR IN-BARTHOLOMEW IN-
350 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN JENNINGS...SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR AND EASTERN BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTIES...
AT 348 PM EDT...GAUGE REPORTS THAT SOME AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS. BRUSH CREEK IS ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...NORTH VERNON...WESTPORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...HARTSVILLE...
MILLHOUSEN...GRAMMER...LETTS...AZALIA...BUTLERVILLE...
COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES AND NEWBERN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3901 8548 3902 8577 3904 8580 3907 8580
3907 8582 3906 8584 3913 8595 3928 8581
3922 8544
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 10:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Vigo | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 6 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.