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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT for Cass County, Pulaski County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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 18, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cass County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 18, 4:45 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Se Francesville, IN | 3 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROADWAY. |
| Aug 18, 5:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Logansport, IN | NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN LOGANSPORT WITH MANY CLOSED ROADS DUE TO 6-10 OF RUNNING WATER. WATER NOW BEGINNING TO RECEDE IN MANY LOCATIONS. |
| Aug 18, 5:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.65 | Logansport, IN | 3-HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS. |
| Aug 18, 6:32 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 4 Nnw Lakeside, IN | . |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
743 WGUS53 KIWX 182032 FFWIWX INC017-131-181-190030- /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0006.160818T2032Z-160819T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 432 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT/730 PM CDT/ * AT 430 PM EDT/330 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE ADVISORY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LOGANSPORT...FRANCESVILLE...ROYAL CENTER...PULASKI...HEADLEE...BELL CENTER...LAKESIDE IN PULASKI COUNTY...STAR CITY...THORNHOPE AND BUFFALO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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 4102 8693 4099 8652 4072 8632 4089 8693 $$ MARSILI
2 follow-up statements
388 WGUS73 KIWX 182158 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 558 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 INC017-131-181-190030- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160819T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-CASS IN- 558 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT/730 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTHERN PULASKI...NORTHEASTERN WHITE AND NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES... AT 553 PM EDT/453 PM CDT/...THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLY HEAVIER RAINFALL MAY STILL POSE A THREAT OF FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 630 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 630 PM EDT...BUT THE HEAVIER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY REMAIN SOUTH OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE ROYAL CENTER AND LOGANSPORT AREAS. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST HOUR ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LOGANSPORT...FRANCESVILLE...ROYAL CENTER...PULASKI...HEADLEE... BELL CENTER...LAKESIDE IN PULASKI COUNTY...STAR CITY... THORNHOPE AND BUFFALO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4102 8693 4099 8652 4072 8632 4089 8693 $$ MARSILI
484 WGUS73 KIWX 190028 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 828 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 INC017-131-181-190033- /O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160819T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PULASKI IN-WHITE IN-CASS IN- 828 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PULASKI...NORTHEASTERN WHITE AND NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT/730 PM CDT/... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE FRANCESVILLE...ROYAL CENTER...AND LOGANSPORT AREAS. SOME FLOODING OF ROADS MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF PULASKI COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT. LAT...LON 4102 8693 4099 8652 4072 8632 4089 8693 $$ MARSILI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 10:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Huntington | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 84 min |
| Aug 18, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Wells | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 72 min |
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 30 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.