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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 7, 20199 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 7, 2019, 12:32 PM EST for 9 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
Feb 7, 2019, 12:32 PM EST (17:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2019, 3:30 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Greene County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 7, 12:57 PM ESTFLASH FLOODEllettsville, INALL DOWNTOWN STREETS OF ELLETTSVILLE ARE IMPASSABLE. STATE ROAD 46 WESTBOUND IS UNDER WATER. EASTBOUND IS STILL PASSABLE.
Feb 7, 1:51 PM ESTFLOOD4 Se Paragon, INWATER COVERING ROAD.

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2019-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2019-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

572 
WGUS53 KIND 071732
FFWIND
INC013-021-055-081-105-109-119-153-167-072030-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0002.190207T1732Z-190207T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1232 PM EST THU FEB 7 2019

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Vigo County in west central Indiana...
  Northern Monroe County in south central Indiana...
  Morgan County in central Indiana...
  Sullivan County in southwestern Indiana...
  Northern Brown County in south central Indiana...
  Western Johnson County in central Indiana...
  Southern Clay County in west central Indiana...
  Owen County in west central Indiana...
  Northwestern Greene County in southwestern Indiana...

* Until 330 PM EST.

* At 1231 PM EST, emergency management reported heavy rain across 
  the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen with 
  more rain on the way. Flash flooding is already occurring with a 
  couple county roads being washed out in Owen County.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Bloomington, Greenwood, Franklin, Martinsville, Sullivan, Spencer,
  Ellettsville, New Whiteland, Whiteland, Bargersville, Jasonville,
  Brooklyn, Worthington, Princes Lakes, Shelburn, Farmersburg,
  Trafalgar, Morgantown, Dugger and Clay City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8764 3917 8762 3918 8762 3920 8759
      3923 8758 3963 8608 3929 8609 3911 8703
      3899 8756 3899 8758 3903 8757 3904 8758
      3906 8757 3908 8760 3909 8762 3910 8762
      3911 8765 3912 8763 3914 8766

$$

MRD/CP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 2:10 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more6 hr
Feb 7, 9:11 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDOwen52 hr
Feb 7, 9:11 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson68 hr
Feb 7, 9:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDJackson41 min
Feb 7, 9:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene40 min
Feb 7, 10:27 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 6 more6 hr
Feb 7, 10:34 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more9 hr
Feb 7, 11:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDBartholomew, Brown33 min
Feb 7, 11:36 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 3 more4 hr
Feb 7, 11:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox27 min
Feb 7, 11:53 AM ESTTornado WarningINDKnox22 min
Feb 7, 12:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin28 min
Feb 7, 12:37 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Monroe23 min
Feb 7, 12:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more5 hr
Feb 7, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Martin30 min
Feb 7, 12:52 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDPutnam24 hr
Feb 7, 12:52 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDecatur36 hr
Feb 7, 12:52 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHancock30 hr
Feb 7, 12:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe34 min
Feb 7, 1:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph4 hr
Feb 7, 1:34 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison3 hr
Feb 7, 2:51 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew21 hr
Feb 7, 2:51 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew21 hr
Feb 7, 2:53 PM ESTWind AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 28 more13 hr
Feb 7, 3:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 3 more2 hr
Feb 7, 3:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 3 more2 hr
Feb 7, 4:55 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 5 more36 hr
Feb 7, 4:59 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph36 hr
Feb 7, 5:02 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more36 hr
Feb 7, 5:20 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDBrown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Johnson, Knox and 6 more36 hr
Feb 7, 5:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph21 days
Feb 7, 5:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHendricks, Morgan15 hr
Feb 7, 6:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion14 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.