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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 28, 20026 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2002, 1:17 AM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 118 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: Apr 28, 2002, 1:17 AM EST (06:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2002, 3:15 AM EST
In force: 118 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Daviess County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 536 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 739 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 280617
FFWIND
INC027-071-079-083-093-101-280915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
117 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SEYMOUR...BROWNSTOWN
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTH VERNON
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WASHINGTON
  CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VINCENNES...BICKNELL
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOOGOOTEE

* UNTIL 415 AM EST

* AT 116 AM EST...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTGOMERY AT 125 AM EST
  LOOGOOTEE AT 130 AM EST
  SHOALS AT 135 AM EST
  BEDFORD AT 155 AM EST

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOOD
WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

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 3901 8595 3891 8665 3881 8748 3852 8764
          3854 8681 3871 8667 3884 8606 3884 8581
          3895 8552 3914 8549

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 11:57 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	3 min
Apr 27, 11:58 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	62 min
Apr 28, 12:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	26 min
Apr 28, 12:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Putnam	45 min
Apr 28, 12:36 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan	39 min
Apr 28, 12:48 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Johnson, Marion	42 min
Apr 28, 1:17 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2002 Every 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.