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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2002, 7:12 PM EST for Owen County, Putnam 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, 7:12 PM EST (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1076 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 090012
FFWIND
INC119-133-090315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EST WED MAY 8 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 1015 PM EST
* AT 706 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN 13 MILES WEST OF CLOVERDALE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF
TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR HAS FALLEN WITH THIS AREA OF
STORMS.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
CLOVERDALE AT 735 PM EST
GREENCASTLE AT 745 PM EST
FILLMORE AT 800 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.
LAT...LON 3968 8670 3969 8693 3968 8701 3934 8692
3918 8704 3918 8694 3918 8670
KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Owen, Putnam | 2 hr |
| May 8, 7:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan | 115 min |
| May 8, 7:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 2 hr |
| May 8, 8:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo | 4 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.