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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 2017, 10:23 PM EDT for Elkhart County, Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- May 20, 2017, 10:23 PM EDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2017, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 10:24 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.57 | 1 Ese Nappanee, IN | SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| May 20, 11:21 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.17 | 1 Ese Nappanee, IN | SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| May 20, 11:22 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.47 | Goshen, IN | SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| May 20, 11:34 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.05 | 1 Sw Goshen, IN | SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
914 WGUS53 KIWX 210223 FFWIWX INC039-085-210515- /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0003.170521T0223Z-170521T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Northern Indiana 1023 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2017 The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Elkhart County in north central Indiana... Northwestern Kosciusko County in north central Indiana... * Until 115 AM EDT * At 1021 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Goshen, Nappanee, New Paris, Southwest, Foraker, Gravelton and Waterford Mills. Additional rainfall amounts of one to three inches are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 4164 8573 4140 8589 4140 8605 4160 8593 $$ SKIP
2 follow-up statements
026 WGUS73 KIWX 210405 FFSIWX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 1205 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2017 INC039-085-210515- /O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170521T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Elkhart IN-Kosciusko IN- 1205 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN ELKHART AND NORTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES... At 1158 PM EDT, gauge reports indicated thunderstorms had produced up to three and a half inches of rain from Nappanee to downtown Goshen. Flash flooding is still possible until 115 AM EDT. Some locations that may experience flooding include... Goshen, Nappanee, New Paris, Southwest, and Foraker. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 4164 8573 4140 8589 4140 8605 4160 8593 $$ SKIP
812 WGUS73 KIWX 210506 FFSIWX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 106 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2017 INC039-085-210516- /O.EXP.KIWX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170521T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Elkhart IN-Kosciusko IN- 106 AM EDT SUN MAY 21 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELKHART AND NORTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM EDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat, but some ponding of water on roadways and minor flooding may persist through the early portions of the overnight hours. Please continue to heed any road closures. Do not attempt to cross flooded roadways. LAT...LON 4164 8573 4140 8589 4140 8605 4160 8593 $$ MARSILI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 22 min |
| May 20, 8:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass, Pulaski, White | 6 hr |
| May 20, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Miami | 33 min |
| May 20, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 25 min |
| May 20, 9:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 6 hr |
| May 20, 9:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 20, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 32 min |
| May 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 3 hr |
| May 20, 10:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 5 hr |
| May 20, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington | 34 min |
| May 20, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Whitley | 65 min |
| May 21, 2:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 48 hr |
| May 21, 4:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 47 hr |
| May 21, 6:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Noble | 21 days |
| May 21, 8:59 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | IWX | Carroll, White | 24 hr |
| May 21, 4:01 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 19 hr |
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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.