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Areal Flood Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this areal flood warning at Sep 7, 2018, 4:53 PM EDT for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- Sep 7, 2018, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2018, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jackson County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Sep 7, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 4:36 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 436 PM EDT Fri Sep 7 2018 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-082045- Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone- Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam- Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby- Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Knox-Daviess- Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Crawfordsville, Anderson, Muncie, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Shelbyville, Bloomington, Columbus, Vincennes, Bedford, and Seymour 436 PM EDT Fri Sep 7 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Outlook: Showers are likely with embedded thunderstorms. Hazards: Heavy rain, flooding, and lightning. Timing: Through tonight. Discussion: A nearby front and the increasing influence of tropical remnants will produce showers and some thunderstorms tonight, which may produce heavy rain and flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Outlook: Heavy rainfall amounts are expected through Sunday, which could lead to flash flooding this weekend. River flooding will likely develop along some rivers by early next week, with significant flooding possible. Thunderstorm activity is possible at times through Sunday. Present indications are that a few severe storms are possible Saturday afternoon and evening, mainly south of Interstate 70. Isolated tornadoes would be possible with these storms. Discussion: A stalled out front combined with the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon will bring rain to central Indiana late this week into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts and any observed flooding through the weekend. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind
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Local storm report, Sep 7, 1:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
350 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 ESE LACY 38.62N 86.75W
09/07/2018 MARTIN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL SMALL ROADS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER
THEM IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF LACY.
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AWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Delaware | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Marion | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.