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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 8, 2002Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2002, 6:37 AM EST for Martin 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
May 8, 2002, 6:37 AM EST (11:37 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2002, 9:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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 081137
FFWIND
INC101-081430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
635 AM EST WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 AM EST

* AT 630 AM EST...RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS    
  FALLEN ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. AS THE GROUND 
  IS ALREADY SATURATURED...THE RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3890 8691 3851 8692 3854 8672 3890 8671

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 6:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess2 hr
May 8, 6:28 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess3 hr
May 8, 6:33 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess3 hr
May 8, 6:35 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMartin115 min
May 8, 6:38 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDKnox112 min
May 8, 6:40 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDKnox3 hr
May 8, 6:59 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence2 hr
May 8, 7:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence3 hr
May 8, 7:23 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings2 hr
May 8, 7:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings3 hr
May 8, 6:23 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo2 hr
May 8, 6:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo3 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.