Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2002, 6:59 AM EST for Lawrence 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, 6:59 AM EST (11:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 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 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 081201 FFWIND INC093-081500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 659 AM EST WED MAY 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD * UNTIL 1000 AM EST * AT 654 AM EST...RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATURED...THE RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING. THE LAWERENCE COUNTY SHERRIFF ALSO REPORTS FLOODING. 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 3893 8665 3873 8660 3873 8636 3900 8631 PUMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 2 hr |
| 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.