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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 7, 2019Delaware County, Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 7, 2019, 1:20 PM EST for Delaware County, Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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, 1:20 PM EST (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2019, 5:15 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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, 4:48 PM ESTFLASH FLOOD1 Ene Selma, INWATER REPORTED FLOWING OVER NUMEROUS ROADS IN EASTERN DELEWARE COUNTY WITH AT LEAST ONE REPORT OF CAR STALLING.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2019-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

115 
WGUS53 KIND 071820
FFWIND
INC035-065-135-072215-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0004.190207T1820Z-190207T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Randolph County in east central Indiana...
  Eastern Delaware County in east central Indiana...
  Eastern Henry County in east central Indiana...

* Until 515 PM EST.

* At 120 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen with 
  additional rain on the way. Flash flooding is expected to begin 
  shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Muncie, New Castle, Winchester, Union City, Albany, Parker City,
  Farmland, Lynn, Selma, Ridgeville, Mooreland, Lewisville, Saratoga,
  Losantville, Modoc, Blountsville, Summit Lake State Park and
  Prairie Creek Reservoir.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 124 and 133.
 
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 4000 8520 3988 8520 3987 8522 3984 8522
      3979 8541 4037 8531 4038 8522 4031 8522
      4031 8480 4001 8481

$$

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, 12:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 3 more3 hr
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, 1:34 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

Nearby

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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.