Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2002, 6:26 AM EST for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 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
- May 8, 2002, 6:26 AM EST (11:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 8:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Daviess County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 081128
FFWIND
INC027-081430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
626 AM EST WED MAY 8 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 930 AM EST
* AT 624 AM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD OVER
WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
CANNELBURG AT 635 AM EST
ODON AT 645 AM EST
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE
PAST THREE HOURS ACROSS DAVIESS COUNTY. DAVIESS COUNTY SHERRIFF ALSO
REPORTED FLOODING ON STATE ROUTE 257.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 3877 8722 3856 8719 3853 8703 3857 8698
3886 8695 3890 8709
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 115 min |
| May 8, 6:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 112 min |
| May 8, 6:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 2 hr |
| May 8, 7:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 8, 7:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 2 hr |
| May 8, 7:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 2 hr |
| May 8, 6:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
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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.