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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 13, 2016Daviess County, Greene County, Knox County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 252 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

KOCH
1 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

$$

TDUD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 3:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 31 more3 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington5 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen60 hr
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox7 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox7 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike9 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike10 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox8 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan4 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan5 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey7 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene4 days
Aug 13, 12:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware3 hr
Aug 13, 1:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam3 hr
Aug 13, 2:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence and 3 more3 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.