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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 12, 200218 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2002, 10:38 PM EST for 18 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 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 12, 2002, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2002, 2:30 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Greene County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 130338
FFWIND
INC005-013-021-027-031-055-071-079-081-083-093-101-105-109-119-145-
153-167-130730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1036 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
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  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
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TERRE HAUTE

* UNTIL 230 AM EST

* AT 1034 PM EST...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF A 
LINE FROM GREENFIELD TO INDIANAPOLIS TO ROCKVILLE.

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 3962 8755 3849 8766 3855 8673 3873 8634
          3879 8581 3893 8547 3929 8531 3944 8532
          3934 8599 3962 8598 3961 8662 3944 8669
          3947 8704 3958 8706
SALLY/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, 7:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox and 2 more2 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 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

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.