Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2003, 11:15 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
- Jul 5, 2003, 11:15 PM EST (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2003, 1:15 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 4874 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 060420
FFWIND
INC063-121-133-165-060715-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1115 PM EST SAT JUL 5 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 215 AM EST
* AT 1114 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN AN INCH LIKELY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
A CORRIDOR OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN THIS EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHERN HENDRICKS...PUTNAM...PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION
COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERED ROADS ACROSS
SOUTHERN HENDRICKS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE FLOOD
WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
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 4013 8753 3964 8756 3963 8702 3948 8702
3947 8670 3966 8673 3965 8639 3991 8637
3985 8709 3993 8748 4015 8744
$$
KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 114 min |
| Jul 6, 2:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 3 hr |
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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.