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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 12:40 PM EDT for Daviess County, Greene County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 13, 2016, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
928
WGUS53 KIND 131640
FFWIND
INC027-055-083-131945-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0007.160813T1640Z-160813T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1240 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 1238 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. RADAR ESTIMATED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 10 AM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VINCENNES...BICKNELL...ELNORA...MONROE CITY...WHEATLAND...
BRUCEVILLE...PLAINVILLE...SANDBORN...EDWARDSPORT...DECKER...
NEWBERRY...FREELANDVILLE AND VINCENNES UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
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 3847 8775 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8761
3863 8762 3869 8753 3890 8736 3890 8724
3895 8724 3898 8690 3851 8738 3853 8738
3853 8746 3850 8749 3852 8754 3850 8759
3845 8760 3846 8766 3843 8767 3842 8774
$$
KOCH1 follow-up statement
991
WGUS73 KIND 131946
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
346 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
INC027-055-083-131953-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160813T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-
346 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND
NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3847 8775 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8761
3863 8762 3869 8753 3890 8736 3890 8724
3895 8724 3898 8690 3851 8738 3853 8738
3853 8746 3850 8749 3852 8754 3850 8759
3845 8760 3846 8766 3843 8767 3842 8774
$$
TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 31 more | 3 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 5 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 60 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 7 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 7 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 9 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 10 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 8 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 4 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 5 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 7 days |
| Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 4 days |
| Aug 13, 12:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence and 3 more | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.