Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2016, 2:43 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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 29, 2016, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County LaPorte County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 29, 2:47 PM CDT | FLOOD | Westville, IN | 1-3 INCHES OF WATER COVERING THE ROADS. |
| Jul 29, 2:55 PM CDT | FLOOD | 2 Sw La Porte, IN | WATER COMING INTO BASEMENT. 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES. |
| Jul 29, 3:00 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 Wnw La Porte, IN | PICTURE RELAYED VIA TWITTER FROM ABC57 OF AT LEAST 1 FOOT OF WATER AT INTERSECTION OF TYLER AND WASHINGTON ST. |
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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
302
WGUS53 KIWX 291943
FFWIWX
INC091-292230-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0003.160729T1943Z-160729T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
243 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTY IN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 237 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING
ACROSS NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY FROM WESTVILLE TO THE
TOWN OF LA PORTE AS INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING AT AROUND 5 MPH
TO THE EAST. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO LOCALLY OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF US 421 AND 6 NEAR WESTVILLE WITH
WATER OVER THE ROADS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LA PORTE...WESTVILLE...BYRON...PINOLA...OTIS...PINHOOK AND ROLLING
PRARIE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4164 8693 4170 8653 4165 8653 4165 8649
4160 8649 4148 8693
$$
FISHER2 follow-up statements
443
WGUS73 KIWX 292126
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
426 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
INC091-292230-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160729T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LA PORTE IN-
426 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTY...
AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT
PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 530 PM
CDT. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME LOCATIONS PICKED UP OVER 3 INCHES OF
RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LA PORTE...WESTVILLE...BYRON...PINOLA...OTIS...PINHOOK AND ROLLING
PRARIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4164 8693 4170 8653 4165 8653 4165 8649
4160 8649 4148 8693
$$
FISHER266
WGUS73 KIWX 292222
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
522 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
INC091-292230-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160729T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LA PORTE IN-
522 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 530 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED. WATER MAY REMAIN IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS INTO THIS EVENING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER A ROADWAY OR
ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4164 8693 4170 8653 4165 8653 4165 8649
4160 8649 4148 8693
$$
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 2:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 32 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.