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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood watch at Jun 22, 2018, 12:33 PM EDT for 16 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2018, 12:33 PM EDT (16:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2018, 9:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 22, 12:29 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 12:29 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 518 AM EDT Fri Jun 22 2018 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-230930- La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke- Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN- Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Berrien- Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance- Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 518 AM EDT Fri Jun 22 2018 /418 AM CDT Fri Jun 22 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms are expected today and tonight. Severe weather is not expected, but areas south and east of US 24 could see gusty winds within any stronger storms that develop this afternoon. Otherwise, the primary threat will be heavy rain and localized flooding, particularly along area rivers and streams or in areas that have received greater rainfall amounts over the past 24 hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Showers and thunderstorms are possible Saturday and Sunday, and then again Tuesday night into Thursday afternoon. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx LMZ043-046-230930- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 518 AM EDT Fri Jun 22 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms are expected today and tonight, with heavy rain being the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Showers and thunderstorms are possible Saturday and Sunday, and then again Tuesday night into Thursday afternoon. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, Whitley | 3 days |
| Jun 21, 9:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 3 days |
| Jun 21, 11:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 22 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 63 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 50 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 51 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wells | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 9:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Berrien | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Berrien | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2018Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2018Every flash flood watch 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.