Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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
$$
BIELINSKI2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 080632 FFSIND INC015-023-067-157-080745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 132 AM EST TUE JUL 8 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLINTON...HOWARD...CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 240 AM EST... THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF CLINTON...CARROLL AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES. IT WILL MOVE OUT OF HOWARD COUNTY BY 200 AM. FLASH FLOODING MAY STILL OCCUR UNTIL 245 AM. DUE TO THE SATURATED CONDITIONS THE WATER LEVELS WILL BE SLOW TO RECED. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. DO NOT CROSS ANY WATER THAT COVERS THE ROAD. AVOID ROUTES THAT EASILY FLOOD. $$
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 11:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 12:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 12:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 1:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 23 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 1:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 1:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 1:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Randolph | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard, Tipton | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 6:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 51 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2003Every 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.