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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 12, 2021Fayette County, Franklin County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2021, 7:17 PM EDT for Fayette County, Franklin County, 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: Jun 12, 2021, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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
Jun 12, 9:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Nulltown, IN	NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER, INCLUDING 121, COLUMBIA ROAD, FLAT RIDGE BRIDGE, OTT ROAD, LAUREL ROAD.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

290 
WGUS51 KILN 122317
FFWILN
INC041-047-130200-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0004.210612T2317Z-210613T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
717 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Fayette County in east central Indiana...
  Northwestern Franklin County in southeastern Indiana...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 717 PM EDT, radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain 
  across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have 
  fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
  Connersville, Blooming Grove, Columbia, Metamora, Bunker Hill, 
  Laurel, Nulltown, Alpine and Everton.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report flash flooding, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and 
submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3965 8525 3965 8508 3947 8506 3945 8515
      3947 8523 3950 8523

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 2 HOURS 

$$

Coniglio

1 follow-up statement

674 
WGUS71 KILN 130207
FFSILN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
1007 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

INC041-047-130217-
/O.EXP.KILN.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210613T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fayette IN-Franklin IN-
1007 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE IN COUNTY IN 
EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN IN COUNTY IN 
SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...

A flood warning remains in effect for this area until 4 AM EDT. 
Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3965 8525 3965 8508 3947 8506 3945 8515
      3947 8523 3950 8523

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	24 min
Jun 12, 5:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Franklin, Ripley	3 hr
Jun 12, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ripley	51 min
Jun 12, 5:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Ripley	3 hr
Jun 12, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	35 min
Jun 12, 6:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Franklin	56 min
Jun 12, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	30 min
Jun 12, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin	38 min
Jun 12, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	31 min

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.