Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- May 28, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Kokomo, IN | DISPATCH REPORTED THAT THEY HAD CLOSED NUMEROUS STREETS DUE TO STANDING WATER AND AT 10 PM THERE WERE AT LEAST 6 ROADS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. |
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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1865 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
741
WGUS53 KIND 290100
FFWIND
INC015-023-067-159-290400-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0008.190529T0100Z-190529T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
900 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Carroll County in north central Indiana...
Northern Clinton County in central Indiana...
Howard County in central Indiana...
Northern Tipton County in central Indiana...
* Until midnight EDT.
* At 900 PM EDT, the public reported flash flooding across the warned
area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Kokomo, Greentown, Flora, Rossville, Russiaville, Sharpsville,
Burlington and Indian Heights.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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LAT...LON 4038 8586 4036 8669 4043 8669 4055 8652
4056 8586
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TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll | 29 min |
| May 29, 6:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 3 hr |
| May 29, 8:13 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 3 days |
| May 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess, Knox | 42 min |
| May 29, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 45 min |
| May 29, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.