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Areal Flood Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Jun 11, 2018, 1:29 AM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2018, 1:29 AM EDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2018, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 10, 11:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 11:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 9:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 924 PM EDT Sun Jun 10 2018 INZ021-028>031-035>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-120130- Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone- Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam- Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-Rush-Monroe- Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Crawfordsville, Anderson, Muncie, Indianapolis, Shelbyville, Bloomington, Columbus, Bedford, and Seymour 924 PM EDT Sun Jun 10 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Outlook: Thunderstorm activity is possible through tonight. Hazards: The main threats are frequent cloud to ground lightning, and heavy rainfall which may cause localized flooding. Hail is also possible. Timing: Through the night. Discussion: A front in the area will keep some thunderstorms around tonight. Severe storms are not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Outlook: Thunderstorm activity is possible Monday and Tuesday, and at times from Thursday through Saturday. Isolated severe storms are possible on Monday and Tuesday, mainly over southern Indiana. Discussion: A front lingering over Indiana will cause storms the first part of this week. There should be a brief dry spell under high pressure Wednesday, then another front could bring more storms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Severe storm spotters are encouraged to monitor future weather statements regarding the severe threat on Monday and Tuesday. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind INZ051>053-060-061-067>069-120130- Vigo-Clay-Owen-Sullivan-Greene-Knox-Daviess-Martin- Including the cities of Terre Haute and Vincennes 924 PM EDT Sun Jun 10 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Outlook: Thunderstorm activity is expected tonight. Hazards: Main hazards are heavy rain and flooding. Frequent cloud to ground lightning, gusty winds, and hail are also possible. Timing: Through the night. Discussion: A lingering front will keep thunderstorms around tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Outlook: Thunderstorm activity is possible Monday and Tuesday, and at times from Thursday through Saturday. Isolated severe storms are possible on Monday and Tuesday, mainly over southern Indiana. Discussion: A front lingering over Indiana will cause storms the first part of this week. There should be a brief dry spell under high pressure Wednesday, then another front could bring more storms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any flooding observed tonight. Severe storm spotters are also encouraged to monitor future weather statements regarding the severe threat on Monday and Tuesday. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
801 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0747 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W DECKER 38.52N 87.56W
06/10/2018 KNOX IN PUBLIC
CATTLE BARN ROAD IN SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY
FLOODED.
&&
BHHLocal storm report, Jun 10, 8:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
834 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SSE RUSSELLVILLE 39.78N 86.94W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF MORTON, A LARGE TREE
WAS BLOWN DOWN FACING SOUTH, AND CORN WAS
BLOWN DOWN FACING EAST ABOUT ONE TENTH OF A
MILE AWAY FROM THE TREE, SUGGESTING WEAK
CONVERGENCE OF THE WIND. TIME IS ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR IMAGERY.
&&
BHHLocal storm report, Jun 10, 8:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
845 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0432 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE CECIL HARDEN LAKE 39.77N 87.01W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTY ROAD 880 WEST AND
COUNTY ROAD 750 NORTH SCATTERED TREE LIMBS
WERE DOWN AND A COUPLE TREES SNAPPED ABOUT
HALFWAY THEIR TRUNKS. IN THE SAME GENERAL
AREA OTHER TREES AND TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN AS
WELL AS DAMAGE TO CORN CROPS. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR IMAGERY.
&&
BHHLocal storm report, Jun 10, 8:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
848 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0447 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENCASTLE 39.64N 86.84W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER OUTAGES IN GREENCASTLE AFFECTING
TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN PART.
&&
BHHLocal storm report, Jun 10, 8:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
850 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0239 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE RUSSELLVILLE 39.82N 86.96W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SCATTERED BLOWN DOWN TREES ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE COUNTY. LOCATION
COORDINATES ARE ROUGH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR IMAGERY.
&&
BHHLocal storm report, Jun 10, 9:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
906 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0636 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE ROMNEY 40.26N 86.90W
06/10/2018 TIPPECANOE IN PUBLIC
SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS OF UNKNOWN SIZE BROKEN
OFF OF HEALTHY TREE. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0645 AM HAIL 2 N BLOOMINGDALE 39.86N 87.25W
06/10/2018 E0.88 INCH PARKE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
0239 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE RUSSELLVILLE 39.82N 86.96W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SCATTERED BLOWN DOWN TREES ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE COUNTY. LOCATION
COORDINATES ARE ROUGH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR IMAGERY.
0426 PM TSTM WND GST UNIVERSAL 39.62N 87.45W
06/10/2018 E60 MPH VERMILLION IN AMATEUR RADIO
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E SHEPARDSVILLE 39.61N 87.37W
06/10/2018 VIGO IN PUBLIC
ONE HUNDRED-FOOT TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ACROSS
LAMBERT AVENUE AT THE U.S. 41 PARKE VIGO
COUNTY BORDER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0432 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N INDIANA STATE UNIVE 39.50N 87.40W
06/10/2018 E60 MPH VIGO IN AMATEUR RADIO
APPROXIMATE LOCATION.
0432 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE CECIL HARDEN LAKE 39.77N 87.01W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTY ROAD 880 WEST AND
COUNTY ROAD 750 NORTH SCATTERED TREE LIMBS
WERE DOWN AND A COUPLE TREES SNAPPED ABOUT
HALFWAY THEIR TRUNKS. IN THE SAME GENERAL
AREA OTHER TREES AND TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN AS
WELL AS DAMAGE TO CORN CROPS. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR IMAGERY.
0433 PM TSTM WND DMG MARSHALL 39.85N 87.19W
06/10/2018 PARKE IN CO-OP OBSERVER
TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. POWER IS OUT.
0439 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SSE RUSSELLVILLE 39.78N 86.94W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF MORTON, A LARGE TREE
WAS BLOWN DOWN FACING SOUTH, AND CORN WAS
BLOWN DOWN FACING EAST ABOUT ONE TENTH OF A
MILE AWAY FROM THE TREE, SUGGESTING WEAK
CONVERGENCE OF THE WIND. TIME IS ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR IMAGERY.
0447 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENCASTLE 39.64N 86.84W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN PUBLIC
ONE TREE OR LARGE BRANCH BLOWN DOWN IN
GREENCASTLE. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. TIME
BASED ON RADAR. REPORT RECEIVED VIA TWITTER.
0447 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENCASTLE 39.64N 86.84W
06/10/2018 PUTNAM IN EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER OUTAGES IN GREENCASTLE AFFECTING
TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN PART.
0455 PM HEAVY RAIN MARSHALL 39.85N 87.19W
06/10/2018 M3.05 INCH PARKE IN CO-OP OBSERVER
0508 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSW CLAYTON 39.66N 86.54W
06/10/2018 E55 MPH HENDRICKS IN AMATEUR RADIO
TIME ADJUSTED BASED ON RADAR.
0508 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW CLAYTON 39.66N 86.54W
06/10/2018 HENDRICKS IN AMATEUR RADIO
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2
SSW CLAYTON. SIX-INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB
BLOWN DOWN AT COUNTY ROAD 100 WEST AND U.S.
40. TIME ADJUSTED BASED ON RADAR.
0508 PM TSTM WND DMG DANVILLE 39.76N 86.53W
06/10/2018 HENDRICKS IN BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE TREE DOWN ON STATE ROAD 39 IN
DANVILLE. LOCATION COORDINATES ARE
APPROXIMATE. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
IMAGERY.
0516 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW AVON 39.74N 86.40W
06/10/2018 HENDRICKS IN PUBLIC
SIX TO EIGHT-INCH DIAMETER SECTION OF
MODERATE SIZE TREE SPLIT OFF. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR. RECEIVED VIA WEBMASTER E-MAIL.
0526 PM TSTM WND GST INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRP 39.73N 86.28W
06/10/2018 M52 MPH MARION IN ASOS
0549 PM HAIL DECKER 38.52N 87.52W
06/10/2018 E1.00 INCH KNOX IN EMERGENCY MNGR
LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. RELAYED BY AMATEUR
RADIO.
0550 PM HAIL 2 SW DECKER 38.49N 87.55W
06/10/2018 E1.00 INCH KNOX IN PUBLIC
LASTED UNTIL ABOUT 600 PM. REPORTED RECEIVED
VIA TWITTER.
0606 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W DANVILLE 39.76N 86.59W
06/10/2018 HENDRICKS IN BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE BRANCHES AND, OR, TREES DOWN ON U.S.
36. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. TIME IS BASED
ON RADAR IMAGERY.
0648 PM HEAVY RAIN CRAWFORDSVILLE 40.05N 86.90W
06/10/2018 M3.48 INCH MONTGOMERY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TOTAL FOR THE DAY.
0708 PM HEAVY RAIN BAINBRIDGE 39.76N 86.81W
06/10/2018 E3.01 INCH PUTNAM IN PUBLIC
TOTAL FOR DAY. RELAYED BY WWTV.
0747 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W DECKER 38.52N 87.56W
06/10/2018 KNOX IN PUBLIC
CATTLE BARN ROAD IN SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY
FLOODED.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 3 days |
| Jun 11, 5:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 23 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 4 days |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 5 days |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 6 days |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 71 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 6 days |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 5 days |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 6 days |
| Jun 11, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 4 days |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2018Every areal flood warning in 2018
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.