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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 19, 2002Hancock County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2002, 2:56 PM EST for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 109 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
Jul 19, 2002, 2:56 PM EST (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2002, 4:45 PM EST
In force
109 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 191956
FFWIND
INC059-192145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
256 PM EST FRI JUL 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 256 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER GREENFIELD...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY AT 310 PM EST

BRANDYWINE CREEK ALONG STATE ROUTE 9 FROM GREENFIELD SOUTH TO THE 
SHELBY COUNTY LINE WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. ALSO LOCATIONS 
FROM GREENFIELD NORTH TO MAXWELL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAIN AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES IN AND NEAR 
GREENFIELD.

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 3992 8583 3973 8589 3970 8576 3981 8566
DRT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 2:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock49 min

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.