Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2002, 11:58 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2002, 11:58 PM EST (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 516 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 567 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 280458 FFWIND INC021-121-165-167-280600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1157 PM EST SAT APR 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BRAZIL PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROCKVILLE...CLINTON SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST TERRE HAUTE...TERRE HAUTE... NORTH TERRE HAUTE * UNTIL 100 AM EST * AT 1155 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF UNIVERSAL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF PARIS... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR... CLINTON AT 1205 AM EST ROSEDALE AT 1210 AM EST SEELYVILLE AT 1215 AM EST STAUNTON AT 1220 AM EST THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES. FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING ALSO. 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 3990 8753 3930 8756 3926 8712 3987 8705
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 3 min |
| Apr 28, 12:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 12:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Johnson, Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 1:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 118 min |
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.