Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 7, 2019, 12:41 PM EST for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr. 17 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, 12:41 PM EST (17:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2019, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 12:42 PM EST | FLOOD | Columbus, IN | HIGH WATER REPORTED ACROSS NUMEROUS ROADS IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. |
| Feb 7, 12:48 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Adams, IN | I-74 FLOODED IN MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE COUNTY. MULTIPLE OTHER COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Feb 7, 12:48 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 E Sandusky, IN | COUNTY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO CULVERT WASHING OUT ON 350 EAST BETWEEN 500N AND 440E. |
| Feb 7, 2:00 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 2.35 | 1 Ene Rushville, IN | 2 DAY TOTAL OF 3.28. STREETS STARTING TO FLOOD. |
| Feb 7, 2:29 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Whiteland, IN | SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
| Feb 7, 2:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Columbus, IN | WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROCKY FORD ROAD BETWEEN TALLEY ROAD AND BONNELL ROAD. |
| Feb 7, 3:40 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 6 N Glenwood, IN | INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICERS PERFORMED A WATER RESCUE TO SAVE 3 PEOPLE TRAPPED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 700N. |
| Feb 7, 4:42 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 5.13 | Edinburgh, IN | 2 DAY TOTAL. |
| Feb 7, 5:00 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 3.44 | 1 Ene Rushville, IN | TWO DAY TOTAL RAINFALL. |
| Feb 7, 5:00 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 1 Ssw Columbus, IN | MESONET STATION BAKI3, COLUMBUS. |
| Feb 7, 5:00 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 4 | 1 Ssw Columbus, IN | MESONET STATION BAKI3, COLUMBUS. STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 7, 5:10 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 3.68 | 1 Wsw Lake Santee, IN | MESONET STATION E3061, 6 N NEWPOINT. |
| Feb 7, 5:10 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 3.68 | 1 Wsw Lake Santee, IN | MESONET STATION E3061, 6 N NEWPOINT. STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 7, 5:15 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 3.03 | 4 Wsw Columbus, IN | MESONET STATION AU701, 4 WSW COLUMBUS. |
| Feb 7, 5:15 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 3.03 | 4 Wsw Columbus, IN | MESONET STATION AU701, 4 WSW COLUMBUS. STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 7, 5:17 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 4.06 | 4 Wnw Manilla, IN | MESONET STATION D4200, 4 WNW MANILLA. |
| Feb 7, 5:17 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 4.06 | 4 Wnw Manilla, IN | MESONET STATION D4200, 4 WNW MANILLA. STORM TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
785
WGUS53 KIND 071741
FFWIND
INC005-031-059-065-081-139-145-072215-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0003.190207T1741Z-190207T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1241 PM EST THU FEB 7 2019
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Shelby County in central Indiana...
Southeastern Hancock County in central Indiana...
Rush County in central Indiana...
Decatur County in central Indiana...
Eastern Johnson County in central Indiana...
Bartholomew County in central Indiana...
Southeastern Henry County in east central Indiana...
* Until 515 PM EST.
* At 1239 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain has
already fallen with more on the way. Flash flooding is expected to
begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Columbus, Shelbyville, Greenwood, Franklin, Greensburg, Rushville,
Adams, New Whiteland, Edinburgh, Whiteland, Hope, Flat Rock,
Milford, Westport, Geneva, Morristown, St. Paul, Carthage,
Elizabethtown and Lewisville.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 65 between mile markers 61 and 100.
Interstate 70 between mile markers 132 and 133.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 101 and 144.
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 3979 8530 3927 8530 3920 8543 3906 8608
3963 8609 3964 8595 3967 8595 3986 8522
3979 8522
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MRD/CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2:10 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 52 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 68 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 9:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Greene | 40 min |
| Feb 7, 10:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 33 min |
| Feb 7, 11:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 27 min |
| Feb 7, 11:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 22 min |
| Feb 7, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 28 min |
| Feb 7, 12:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 23 min |
| Feb 7, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 12:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Decatur | 36 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 30 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe | 34 min |
| Feb 7, 1:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 21 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 21 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:53 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 28 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:59 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 36 hr |
| Feb 7, 5:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 7, 5:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Johnson, Knox and 6 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 7, 5:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 21 days |
| Feb 7, 5:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 15 hr |
| Feb 7, 6:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 14 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.