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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2025, 10:52 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Apr 2, 2025, 10:52 PM EDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brown County, IN, Greene County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 10:55 PM EDT | RAIN 1.5 | Whiteland, IN | |
| Apr 2, 11:16 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Nashville, IN | Several roads flooded and/or washed out. No exact details on location. |
| Apr 2, 11:25 PM EDT | FLOOD | 4 Ese Yellowwood Lake, IN | water rescue, occupants were retrieved out of vehicle. SR46 flooded and impassible. |
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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
065
WGUS53 KIND 030252
FFWIND
INC013-055-081-105-109-119-133-145-030600-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0002.250403T0252Z-250403T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1052 PM EDT Wed Apr 2 2025
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Johnson County in central Indiana...
Morgan County in central Indiana...
Southwestern Shelby County in central Indiana...
Western Brown County in south central Indiana...
Monroe County in south central Indiana...
Northeastern Greene County in southwestern Indiana...
Eastern Owen County in west central Indiana...
Southern Putnam County in west central Indiana...
* Until 200 AM EDT.
* At 1052 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bloomington, Greenwood, Franklin, Martinsville, Mooresville,
Spencer, Nashville, Ellettsville, New Whiteland, Whiteland,
Bargersville, Brooklyn, Trafalgar, Monrovia, Morgantown, Gosport,
Paragon, Stinesville, Bethany and Mahalasville.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3950 8673 3951 8669 3961 8636 3961 8625
3962 8594 3960 8595 3934 8614 3905 8634
3903 8636 3912 8668 3916 8685
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RyanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Owen, Parke and 4 more | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery and 3 more | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Hendricks, Knox and 8 more | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 19 min |
| Apr 2, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Tipton | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 4 more | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 9:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph, Tipton | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 9:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison, Tipton | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush and 1 more | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 10:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Martin | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 13 min |
| Apr 2, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 1 more | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 10:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 10:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 12 min |
| Apr 2, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 11:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Jackson, Johnson and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 21 days |
| Apr 3, 3:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 25 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 15 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Rush, Shelby | 25 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 7 days |
| Apr 3, 9:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 21 days |
| Apr 3, 10:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:28 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 25 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 12:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 6 days |
| Apr 3, 12:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 12:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 21 days |
| Apr 3, 12:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 12:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike | 12 days |
| Apr 3, 1:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 16 days |
| Apr 3, 1:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 2:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 5 days |
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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.