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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 28, 20024 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2002, 6:09 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 71 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 28, 2002, 6:09 PM EST (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2002, 7:20 PM EST
In force
71 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2002-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1697 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
1697 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 282311
FFWIND
INC045-107-165-171-290115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
ISSUED BY NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
609 PM EST SUN JUL 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN INDIANA
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN INDIANA
  NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN INDIANA
  SOUTHWEST WARREN COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 820 PM EST

* AT 609 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES EAST OF THE STATE       
  LINE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 20 MPH.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 4017 8756 3995 8752 3999 8672 4019 8674
          4020 8709 4026 8712 4029 8722 4033 8737
          4032 8753

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.