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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2016, 6:06 AM EDT for Jackson County, Jennings 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 28, 2016, 6:06 AM EDT (10:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Vernon, IN | SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH FLASH FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THEIR COUNTY. BY 930AM...THE FLOOD WATERS HAD RECEDED. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
989
WGUS53 KIND 281006
FFWIND
INC071-079-281400-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0006.160728T1006Z-160728T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
606 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
* AT 605 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SEYMOUR...NORTH VERNON...VERNON...CROTHERSVILLE...HAYDEN...
BUTLERVILLE...NEBRASKA...COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES AND PARIS CROSSING.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 52.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3873 8589 3876 8591 3875 8592 3876 8597
3877 8597 3895 8600 3913 8544 3891 8545
3891 8554 3888 8554 3888 8557 3885 8557
3885 8561 3883 8561 3882 8563 3882 8570
3883 8572 3881 8579 3874 8584 3873 8587
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
976
WGUS73 KIND 281309
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
909 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
INC071-079-281400-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160728T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JENNINGS IN-JACKSON IN-
909 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR
JENNINGS AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 907 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SEYMOUR...NORTH VERNON...VERNON...CROTHERSVILLE...HAYDEN...
BUTLERVILLE...NEBRASKA...COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES AND PARIS CROSSING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3873 8589 3876 8591 3875 8592 3876 8597
3877 8597 3895 8600 3913 8544 3891 8545
3891 8554 3888 8554 3888 8557 3885 8557
3885 8561 3883 8561 3882 8563 3882 8570
3883 8572 3881 8579 3874 8584 3873 8587
$$
RYAN011
WGUS73 KIND 281357
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
957 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
INC071-079-281406-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160728T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JENNINGS IN-JACKSON IN-
957 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JENNINGS AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT AT THIS TIME. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES.
ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY.
LAT...LON 3873 8589 3876 8591 3875 8592 3876 8597
3877 8597 3895 8600 3913 8544 3891 8545
3891 8554 3888 8554 3888 8557 3885 8557
3885 8561 3883 8561 3882 8563 3882 8570
3883 8572 3881 8579 3874 8584 3873 8587
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Greene, Monroe | 113 min |
| Jul 28, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Greene | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Shelby | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 7:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.