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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2016, 9:10 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana; Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 hr. 12 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
- Aug 15, 2016, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Elkhart County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 10:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Sw La Porte, IN | SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED. |
| Aug 15, 10:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Sw La Porte, IN | SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3.88 INCHES SINE 7 AM. |
| Aug 15, 10:41 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.38 | 2 Nne Fish Lake, IN | . |
| Aug 15, 10:41 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.38 | 2 Nne Fish Lake, IN | |
| Aug 15, 10:48 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.64 | 3 Ese Clarks, IN | . |
| Aug 15, 10:48 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.64 | 3 Ese Clarks, IN | |
| Aug 15, 10:49 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.51 | 3 Wsw Lydick, IN | . |
| Aug 15, 10:49 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.51 | 3 Wsw Lydick, IN | |
| Aug 15, 11:11 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.78 | 3 E Chain-O-Lakes, IN | SOUTH BEND AIRPORT EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE THIS MORNING. |
| Aug 15, 11:18 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.03 | Gulivoire Park, IN | MESONET STATION GULIVOIRE PARK /E6775/. |
| Aug 16, 12:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.88 | 1 S Roseland, IN | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION SOUTH BEND /SBSI3/. |
| Aug 16, 12:05 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Roseland, IN | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES AND STRANDED VEHICLES/VEHICLE RESCUES IN THE SOUTH BEND VICINITY. |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
820 WGUS53 KIWX 160110 FFWIWX INC039-091-099-131-141-149-MIC021-027-160400- /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0004.160816T0110Z-160816T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 910 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA... LA PORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN... SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT/ * AT 907 PM EDT/807 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT EDT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...MISHAWAKA...LA PORTE...NILES...WESTVILLE... BUCHANAN...KNOX...GEORGETOWN...SIMONTON LAKE...GULIVOIRE PARK... GRANGER...OSCEOLA...WALKERTON...NORTH LIBERTY...NEW CARLISLE... BERRIEN SPRINGS...NORTH JUDSON...THREE OAKS AND KINGSFORD HEIGHTS. LAT...LON 4162 8693 4203 8624 4175 8592 4095 8693 $$ NWS
1 follow-up statement
918 WGUS73 KIWX 160234 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1034 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 INC039-091-099-131-141-149-MIC021-027-160400- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160816T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-PULASKI IN-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN- ELKHART IN-BERRIEN MI-CASS MI- 1034 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT/ FOR ST. JOSEPH...STARKE...NORTHWESTERN PULASKI...LA PORTE... NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN ELKHART...SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN AND SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES... AT 1025 PM EDT/925 PM CDT/...AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING MEDARYVILLE TO SOUTH BEND... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL OVER 4 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH WATER FLOWING OVER LOW SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...MISHAWAKA...LA PORTE...NILES...WESTVILLE... BUCHANAN...KNOX...GEORGETOWN...SIMONTON LAKE...GULIVOIRE PARK... GRANGER...OSCEOLA...WALKERTON...NORTH LIBERTY...NEW CARLISLE... BERRIEN SPRINGS...NORTH JUDSON...THREE OAKS AND KINGSFORD HEIGHTS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4162 8693 4203 8624 4175 8592 4095 8693 $$ NWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash, Whitley | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 11:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 15 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 36 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 63 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 17 days |
| Aug 16, 4:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 12 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.