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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 7, 20034 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2003, 11:45 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 7, 2003, 11:45 PM EST (04:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2003, 1:45 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3170 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 080445
FFWIND
INC015-023-067-157-080745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1145 PM EST MON JUL 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE

* UNTIL 245 AM EST

* AT 1141 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF YEOMAN TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  OTTERBEIN...OR FROM 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RENSSELAER TO 18 MILES
  WEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  YEOMAN AT 1150 PM EST
  SHADELAND AT 1155 PM EST
  CAMDEN AT 1205 AM EST
  ROSSVILLE AT 1210 AM EST

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 4066 8701 4051 8715 4026 8704 4024 8637
          4042 8625 4043 8590 4049 8596 4054 8590
          4072 8664

$$

BIELINSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 080632
FFSIND
INC015-023-067-157-080745-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
132 AM EST TUE JUL 8 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLINTON...HOWARD...CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE
COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 240 AM EST...

THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF CLINTON...CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE
COUNTIES. IT WILL MOVE OUT OF HOWARD COUNTY BY 200 AM.

FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL OCCUR UNTIL 245 AM. DUE TO THE SATURATED
CONDITIONS THE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SLOW TO RECED.

USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. DO NOT CROSS ANY WATER
THAT COVERS THE ROAD. AVOID ROUTES THAT EASILY FLOOD.

$$
000 
WGUS73 KIND 080749
FFSIND
INC015-023-067-157-080804-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
243 AM EST TUE JUL 8 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLINTON...HOWARD...CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE
HAS EXPIRED...

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF
INDIANA. CONTINUE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA. MANY ROADS CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
FROM THE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.

$$

HAINES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 11:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe44 min
Jul 7, 11:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe46 min
Jul 8, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Montgomery45 min
Jul 8, 12:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton51 min
Jul 8, 12:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton41 min
Jul 8, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison50 min
Jul 8, 1:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison23 hr
Jul 8, 1:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison57 min
Jul 8, 1:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton61 min
Jul 8, 1:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph45 min
Jul 8, 1:49 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDRandolph56 min
Jul 8, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew44 min
Jul 8, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam33 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Howard, Tipton5 hr
Jul 8, 5:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPutnam24 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain39 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton38 min
Jul 8, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison46 min
Jul 8, 6:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery37 min
Jul 8, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam26 min
Jul 8, 6:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks51 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.