Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2002, 7:23 AM EST for Jackson County, Jennings 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, 7:23 AM EST (12:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 9:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 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 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 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 081225
FFWIND
INC071-079-081530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
723 AM EST WED MAY 8 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR
JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST
* AT 718 AM EST...RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
FALLEN ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. HEAVY RAIN
WILL ALSO MOVE INTO JENNINGS COUNTY. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY
SATURATED...THE RAIN WILL RESULT IN 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 3882 8622 3878 8588 3887 8566 3902 8554
3904 8576 3900 8620
PUMAThe 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, 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, 7:25 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 |
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.