Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2002, 7:33 AM EST for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Warren 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
- Aug 19, 2002, 7:33 AM EST (12:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2002, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:37 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 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 191233 FFWIND INC045-107-171-191530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 730 AM EST MON AUG 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1030 AM EST * AT 728 AM EST...NUMEROUS FLOODING REPORTS CONTINUE FROM WILLIAMSPORT TO CRAWFORDSVILLE. EVEN THOUGH HEAVY RAINS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE FLOOD PRECAUTIONS UNTIL WATER RECEDES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF IT IS TWO FEET DEEP...IT CAN CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES WITH LARGER TIRES...SUCH AS SUVS...ARE MORE BUOYANT AND AT GREATER RISK. 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 4047 8738 4033 8752 3998 8733 3995 8675
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Warren | 2 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.