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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 5, 2001Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2001, 5:25 PM EST for Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2001, 5:25 PM EST (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2001, 6:30 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Sullivan County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 387 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-542 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
387 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
412 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 052226
FFWIND
INC153-060030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
525 PM EST TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 515 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 9 MILES EAST OF SHELBURN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE   
  HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS OVETR EASTERN     
  ILLINOIS WILL PUSH ACROSS SULLIVAN COUNTY WITH HEAVY RAIN.  

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY RISING FLOOD WATERS MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.

TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3894 8752 3903 8728 3918 8733 3920 8749
$$
PUMA/HAINES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan52 min
Jun 5, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Sullivan41 min
Jun 5, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Martin31 min
Jun 5, 5:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen64 min
Jun 5, 5:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene17 min
Jun 5, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Monroe39 min
Jun 5, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin39 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Jackson34 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.