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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2002, 10:22 PM EST for Boone County, Clinton County, 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
- Aug 22, 2002, 10:22 PM EST (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2002, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 230322 FFWIND INC011-023-230715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1020 PM EST THU AUG 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT * UNTIL 215 AM EST * AT 1019 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THORNTOWN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS AN INCH AND A HALF HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA WITH TWO MORE INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. 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. 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 4044 8670 3995 8666 3994 8625 4043 8627 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 47 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.