Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Watches in 2021
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 18, 2021, 2:48 PM EDT for 27 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jun 18, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2021, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 18, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Flood severity
- None
All 27 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
939 WGUS63 KIND 181848 FFAIND URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 248 PM EDT Fri Jun 18 2021 INZ035>037-039>049-051>057-062>065-071-072-190300- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.A.0002.210619T0000Z-210619T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph- Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay- Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-Rush-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur- Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Brazil, Winchester, Fishers, Zionsville, Greensburg, North Vernon, Anderson, Brownsburg, Danville, Bloomington, Muncie, Brownstown, Columbus, Indianapolis, Seymour, Nashville, Martinsville, Carmel, Greenwood, New Castle, Crawfordsville, Clay City, Rockville, Mooresville, Newport, Veedersburg, Spencer, Noblesville, Attica, Rushville, Clinton, Greenfield, Lebanon, Plainfield, Terre Haute, Covington, Shelbyville, Greencastle, and Franklin 248 PM EDT Fri Jun 18 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Indiana, east central Indiana, south central Indiana, southeast Indiana and west central Indiana, including the following areas, in central Indiana, Bartholomew, Boone, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Rush and Shelby. In east central Indiana, Delaware, Henry and Randolph. In south central Indiana, Brown, Jackson and Monroe. In southeast Indiana, Jennings. In west central Indiana, Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion and Vigo. * From 8 PM EDT this evening through Saturday morning. * Multiple waves of showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop this evening and continue overnight. 1 to 3 inches of rain is expected by Saturday morning with locally higher amounts. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ Ryan
3 follow-up statements
237 WGUS63 KIND 190159 FFAIND Flood Watch National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 959 PM EDT Fri Jun 18 2021 INZ035>037-039>049-051>057-062>065-071-072-191000- /O.CON.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210619T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph- Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay- Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-Rush-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur- Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Brazil, Winchester, Fishers, Zionsville, Greensburg, North Vernon, Anderson, Brownsburg, Danville, Bloomington, Muncie, Brownstown, Columbus, Indianapolis, Seymour, Nashville, Martinsville, Carmel, Greenwood, New Castle, Crawfordsville, Clay City, Rockville, Mooresville, Newport, Veedersburg, Spencer, Noblesville, Attica, Rushville, Clinton, Greenfield, Lebanon, Plainfield, Terre Haute, Covington, Shelbyville, Greencastle, and Franklin 959 PM EDT Fri Jun 18 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central Indiana, east central Indiana, south central Indiana, southeast Indiana and west central Indiana, including the following areas, in central Indiana, Bartholomew, Boone, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Rush and Shelby. In east central Indiana, Delaware, Henry and Randolph. In south central Indiana, Brown, Jackson and Monroe. In southeast Indiana, Jennings. In west central Indiana, Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion and Vigo. * Through Saturday morning. * Multiple waves of showers and thunderstorms will continue this evening and overnight. 1 to 4 inches of rain is expected by Saturday morning with locally higher amounts. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ 50
795 WGUS63 KIND 190709 FFAIND Flood Watch National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 309 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 INZ039>042-049-190815- /O.CAN.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210619T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Henry- Including the cities of Fishers, Carmel, Noblesville, Anderson, Muncie, Winchester, and New Castle 309 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Indiana and east central Indiana has been cancelled. $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-062>065-071-072-191400- /O.CON.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210619T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-Hendricks- Marion-Hancock-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-Rush-Monroe- Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Attica, Covington, Veedersburg, Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Zionsville, Clinton, Newport, Rockville, Greencastle, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Danville, Indianapolis, Greenfield, Terre Haute, Brazil, Clay City, Spencer, Martinsville, Mooresville, Greenwood, Franklin, Shelbyville, Rushville, Bloomington, Nashville, Columbus, Greensburg, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 309 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central Indiana, south central Indiana, southeast Indiana, and west central Indiana, including the following areas, in central Indiana, Bartholomew, Boone, Decatur, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush, and Shelby. In south central Indiana, Brown, Jackson, and Monroe. In southeast Indiana, Jennings. In west central Indiana, Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, and Vigo. * Until 10 AM EDT this morning * Multiple waves of thunderstorms will continue to march southeast across central Indiana this morning. An additional inch of rain is expected by mid morning with locally higher amounts. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
728 WGUS63 KIND 191408 FFAIND URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 1008 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 INZ051>053-062>065-071-072-191800- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210619T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.FF.A.0003.210619T1408Z-210619T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Vigo-Clay-Owen-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Brazil, Columbus, Clay City, Seymour, Nashville, Greensburg, Terre Haute, North Vernon, Bloomington, Spencer, and Brownstown 1008 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Indiana, south central Indiana, southeast Indiana and west central Indiana, including the following areas, in central Indiana, Bartholomew and Decatur. In south central Indiana, Brown, Jackson and Monroe. In southeast Indiana, Jennings. In west central Indiana, Clay, Owen and Vigo. * Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * Thunderstorms, some containing heavy rain, will continue across the area into the early afternoon hours. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Indiana, south central Indiana, southeast Indiana and west central Indiana, including the following areas, in central Indiana, Bartholomew and Decatur. In south central Indiana, Brown, Jackson and Monroe. In southeast Indiana, Jennings. In west central Indiana, Clay, Owen and Vigo has expired. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. $$ INZ035>037-043>048-054>057-191515- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-210619T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-Hendricks-Marion- Hancock-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-Rush- Including the cities of Attica, Zionsville, Clinton, Greenfield, Rockville, Indianapolis, Mooresville, Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Plainfield, Martinsville, Covington, Brownsburg, Newport, Veedersburg, Franklin, Danville, Rushville, Shelbyville, Greencastle, and Greenwood 1008 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Indiana and west central Indiana, including the following areas, in central Indiana, Boone, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush and Shelby. In west central Indiana, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and Vermillion has expired. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. $$ INZ060-061-191800- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.A.0003.210619T1408Z-210619T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Sullivan-Greene- Including the cities of Sullivan, Bloomfield, and Linton 1008 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for a portion of southwest Indiana, including the following areas, Greene and Sullivan. * Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * Thunderstorms, some containing heavy rain, will continue across the area into the early afternoon hours. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Henry | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Rush | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Shelby | 13 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.