Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2002, 1:09 AM EST for 5 counties in 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 23, 2002, 1:09 AM EST (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2002, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 230605 FFWIND INC045-107-157-165-171-231000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1257 AM EST FRI AUG 23 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 TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE NORTH CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 500 AM EST * AT 100 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY WAS CONTINUING TO FALL IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. * FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WARREN...FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY...TIPPECANOE AND WARREN COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAIN EARLIER IN THE WEEK. 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 8754 3998 8753 3991 8674 4056 8674 $$ HAINES
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 22, 10:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 4 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, 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.