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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 15, 2002Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 15, 2002, 10:53 PM EST for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2002, 10:53 PM EST (03:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2002, 1:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 152 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 160353
FFWIND
INC071-093-160630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1050 PM EST FRI MAR 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD

* UNTIL 130 AM EST

* RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE FALLEN ACROSS JACKSON AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES SINCE 730 PM EST
  UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER
  THE RAINS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER THAT.


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 8664 3872 8650 3883 8588 3902 8585

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 7:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.