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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 7, 20024 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2002, 5:38 AM EST for 4 counties in 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
May 7, 2002, 5:38 AM EST (10:38 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2002, 8:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2002-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 2002-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 446 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
446 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
666 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 071038
FFWIND
INC005-013-031-105-071330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
536 AM EST TUE MAY 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  
* UNTIL 830 AM EST

* AT 534 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       
  HEAVY RAIN 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING WEST AT 10    
  MPH. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS                        
  DECATUR...BROWN...BARTHOLOMEW AND MONROE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 AM.  
  THIS RAIN FALLING OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL           
  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. 

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMINGTON AT 550 AM EST
  ELLETTSVILLE AT 625 AM EST

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 3928 8666 3903 8663 3921 8548 3936 8546

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 2:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke25 min
May 7, 3:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion3 hr
May 7, 3:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion113 min
May 7, 4:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo25 min
May 7, 4:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Putnam114 min
May 7, 4:23 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Putnam3 hr
May 7, 4:41 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Rush, Shelby2 hr
May 7, 4:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Rush, Shelby3 hr
May 7, 4:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMarion117 min
May 7, 4:49 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMarion3 hr
May 7, 4:54 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMarion3 hr
May 7, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMorgan24 hr
May 7, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMorgan2 hr
May 7, 5:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMorgan29 min
May 7, 5:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMorgan3 hr
May 7, 5:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Owen2 hr
May 7, 5:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Owen61 min
May 7, 5:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDVigo114 min
May 7, 5:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDVigo54 min
May 7, 5:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMorgan3 hr
May 7, 5:36 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Monroe114 min
May 7, 6:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion2 hr
May 7, 6:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion75 min
May 7, 7:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Putnam63 min
May 7, 7:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Putnam2 hr
May 7, 7:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Owen, Vigo59 min
May 7, 7:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Owen, Vigo118 min
May 7, 7:40 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush, Shelby65 min
May 7, 7:41 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush, Shelby2 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.