Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood watch at Jul 3, 2016, 10:59 PM EDT for 25 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2016, 10:59 PM EDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2016, 3:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 25 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
307 WGUS63 KIND 040259 FFAIND URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1059 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... INZ043>048-051>057-060>065-067>072-041100- /O.CAN.KIND.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160705T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.FF.A.0002.160704T0300Z-160705T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 1059 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL INDIANA...BARTHOLOMEW...DECATUR...HANCOCK... HENDRICKS...JOHNSON...MARION...MORGAN...RUSH AND SHELBY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...BROWN...JACKSON...LAWRENCE AND MONROE. IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...JENNINGS. IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... DAVIESS...GREENE...KNOX...MARTIN AND SULLIVAN. IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...CLAY...OWEN...PARKE...PUTNAM...VERMILLION AND VIGO. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT...REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THIS WILL CAUSE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING. * THE HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. LONGER TERM FLOODING OF LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
355 WGUS63 KIND 040758 FFAIND FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 358 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING... INZ043>048-051>057-040900- /O.CAN.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160705T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE 358 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH RANGE. AS A RESULT, THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. $$ INZ060>065-067>072-041600- /O.CON.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160705T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 358 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL INDIANA...BARTHOLOMEW AND DECATUR. IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...BROWN...JACKSON...LAWRENCE AND MONROE. IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...JENNINGS. IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...DAVIESS...GREENE...KNOX...MARTIN AND SULLIVAN. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. * THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. LONGER TERM FLOODING OF LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
892 WGUS63 KIND 041344 FFAIND FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 944 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING... INZ060>065-067>072-042145- /O.CON.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160705T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 944 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL INDIANA...BARTHOLOMEW AND DECATUR. IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...BROWN...JACKSON...LAWRENCE AND MONROE. IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...JENNINGS. IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...DAVIESS...GREENE...KNOX...MARTIN AND SULLIVAN. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING * A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. * THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. LONGER TERM FLOODING OF LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
370 WGUS63 KIND 041917 FFAIND FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 317 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016 INZ060>065-067>072-042030- /O.CAN.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160705T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 317 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA, SO THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 50
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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.