Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2016, 2:22 AM EDT for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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 18, 2016, 2:22 AM EDT (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2016, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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 18, 2:25 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.16 | Monon, IN | RAINFALL OF 2.16 IN 60 MINUTES |
| Jul 18, 3:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.68 | 2 Ssw Smithson, IN | RAINFALL 1.68 IN 35 MINUTES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 3314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 26.5
The text
As transmitted.
019
WGUS53 KIWX 180622
FFWIWX
INC181-181215-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0002.160718T0622Z-160718T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
222 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WHITE COUNTY IN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 815 AM EDT
* AT 218 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS
HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHWEST WHITE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY AND LIKELY SPREAD THROUGHOUT ALL BUT FAR SOUTHERN
WHITE COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO...MONON...WOLCOTT...REYNOLDS...CHALMERS...
BURNETTSVILLE...BELL CENTER...IDAVILLE...INDIANA BEACH...SITKA...
HEADLEE...LEE...CEDAR POINT...GOLDEN HILL...NORWAY...SMITHSON AND
BUFFALO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 AM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4084 8710 4084 8699 4091 8699 4091 8658
4074 8658 4074 8675 4073 8676 4072 8675
4071 8676 4069 8675 4068 8676 4068 8674
4066 8678 4063 8677 4065 8710
$$
PBM2 follow-up statements
618
WGUS73 KIWX 181028
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
628 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
INC181-181215-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160718T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHITE IN-
628 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR
WHITE COUNTY...
AT 621 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN HAS CREATED
STANDING WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON SHAFER ROAD IN MONTICELLO.
MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER ADDITIONAL FLOODED AREAS THIS MORNING. MUCH
OF THE WARNED AREA RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN JUST A FEW
HOURS EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF INCH OR
LESS IS EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL WEST OF MONON
ALONG AND SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 16.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO...MONON...WOLCOTT...REYNOLDS...CHALMERS...BURNETTSVILLE...
BELL CENTER...IDAVILLE...INDIANA BEACH...SITKA...HEADLEE...LEE...
CEDAR POINT...GOLDEN HILL...NORWAY...SMITHSON AND BUFFALO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4084 8710 4084 8699 4091 8699 4091 8658
4074 8658 4074 8675 4073 8676 4072 8675
4071 8676 4069 8675 4068 8676 4068 8674
4066 8678 4063 8677 4065 8710
$$
PBM986
WGUS73 KIWX 181208
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
808 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
INC181-181217-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160718T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHITE IN-
808 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WHITE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 AM
EDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4084 8710 4084 8699 4091 8699 4091 8658
4074 8658 4074 8675 4073 8676 4072 8675
4071 8676 4069 8675 4068 8676 4068 8674
4066 8678 4063 8677 4065 8710
$$
NGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 62 min |
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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.