Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2002, 4:44 PM EST for Hancock County, Henry County, Rush 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 12, 2002, 4:44 PM EST (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2002, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 122147
FFWIND
INC059-065-139-130045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
444 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 745 PM EST
* AT 442 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN HANCOCK AND NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES.
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 6 PM EST.
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.
LAT...LON 3984 8585 3968 8580 3971 8564 3945 8533
3999 8527 4003 8540 4007 8554 3994 8557
KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 2 hr |
| May 12, 8:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 12, 10:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 115 min |
| May 12, 10:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 12, 11:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 12, 3:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph | 2 hr |
| May 12, 3:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo | 2 hr |
| May 12, 4:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo | 3 hr |
| May 12, 6:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 24 min |
| May 12, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 28 min |
| May 12, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 31 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.