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Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 12, 20028 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2002, 11:11 AM EST for 8 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2002, 11:11 AM EST (16:11 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2002, 1:15 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2002-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 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 2002-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 121615
FFWIND
INC011-023-045-063-107-121-133-165-121915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1111 AM EST SUN MAY 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 215 PM EST

* AT 1105 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ACROSS MUCH OF 
  WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND THESE STORMS EXTENDED WEST INTO 
  ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN 
  WAS FALLING ACROSS AREAS THAT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES 
  THIS MORNING.

THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...ROADS AND
UNDERPASSES. FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING ALSO.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo2 hr
May 12, 8:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo3 hr
May 12, 10:50 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo115 min
May 12, 10:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo3 hr
May 12, 11:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more3 hr
May 12, 3:53 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph2 hr
May 12, 3:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph3 hr
May 12, 4:44 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush2 hr
May 12, 4:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush3 hr
May 12, 4:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo2 hr
May 12, 4:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo3 hr
May 12, 6:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan24 min
May 12, 6:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess28 min
May 12, 6:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin31 min

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.