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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 12, 20028 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2002, 7:27 PM EST for 8 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2002, 7:27 PM EST (00:27 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2002, 9:30 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 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 130028
FFWIND
INC005-013-027-071-079-083-093-101-130330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
727 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA   
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 1030 PM EST

* AT 726 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER BRUCEVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  BICKNELL AT 735 PM EST
  EDWARDSPORT AT 745 PM EST
  CANNELBURG AT 750 PM EST
  PLAINVILLE AT 755 PM EST

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOOD
WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.

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.

$$
KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph115 min
May 12, 7:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph3 hr
May 12, 7:28 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox and 2 more3 hr
May 12, 8:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo115 min
May 12, 8:08 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo3 hr
May 12, 8:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDecatur58 min
May 12, 8:34 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDecatur116 min
May 12, 10:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 12 more3 hr
May 12, 10:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 12 more4 hr
May 13, 2:27 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 11 more6 hr
May 13, 2:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 11 more5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.