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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 19, 2002Fountain County, Montgomery County, Warren County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 3:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWarren3 hr
Aug 19, 3:28 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWarren4 hr
Aug 19, 3:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe3 hr
Aug 19, 3:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe4 hr
Aug 19, 7:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Warren2 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.