Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2002, 3:51 AM EST for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe 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
- Aug 19, 2002, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2002, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 190855 FFWIND INC045-107-157-191300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 351 AM EST MON AUG 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 800 AM EST * THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER NORTHERN FOUNTAIN AND SOUTHWEST TIPPECANOE COUNTY. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...ROADS AND FARMLAND NEXT TO CREEKS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOOD WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 4033 8720 4006 8739 4008 8674 4033 8673 RPG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Warren | 3 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.