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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 13, 2003Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2003, 12:47 PM EST for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 13, 2003, 12:47 PM EST (17:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2003, 3:45 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 131749
FFWIND
INC171-132145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1247 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 1242 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE VILLAGE.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS WARREN COUNTY 
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF IT IS TWO FEET DEEP...IT CAN 
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.

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.

LAT...LON 4047 8752 4017 8752 4016 8746 4022 8744
          4026 8734 4033 8726 4039 8711 4048 8712
          4048 8727

$$

NIELD

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KIND 131841
FFSIND
INC171-132145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
141 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM
EST...

AT 140 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WARREN COUNTY...EXCEEDING ONE INCH
PER HOUR IN SOME AREAS. PORTIONS OF WARREN COUNTY ALREADY
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. ONLY SIX INCHES OF
WATER IS REQUIRED TO FLOAT THE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE. A FEW INCHES
OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET. KEEP
CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

$$

NIELD

000 
WGUS73 KIND 131942
FFSIND
INC171-132145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
242 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM
EST...

AT 235 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS WARREN COUNTY. MOST OF THIS RAIN
WAS LIGHT...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. PORTIONS OF
WARREN COUNTY ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. ONLY SIX INCHES OF
WATER IS REQUIRED TO FLOAT THE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE. A FEW INCHES
OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET. KEEP
CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

$$

NIELD

000 
WGUS73 KIND 131944 CCA
FFSIND
INC171-132145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
242 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM
EST...

AT 235 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS WARREN COUNTY. MOST OF THIS RAIN
WAS LIGHT...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. PORTIONS OF
WARREN COUNTY ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. ONLY SIX INCHES OF
WATER IS REQUIRED TO FLOAT THE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE. A FEW INCHES
OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET. KEEP
CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 12:23 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2003 Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.