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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 12, 20024 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2002, 3:53 PM EST for 4 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2002, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2002, 6:00 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1215 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 314 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 122054
FFWIND
INC035-057-095-135-130000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 351 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER WESTFIELD...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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.

RAINFALL HAS BEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER PARTS OF THE AREA SINCE 
YESTERDAY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD FALL BEFORE 700 PM.

TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 4021 8623 3996 8623 4007 8557 4006 8483
          4034 8484 4040 8577 4023 8588

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, 11:11 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more2 hr
May 12, 11:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more3 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

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every 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.