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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 20034 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2003, 7:20 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 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 8, 2003, 7:20 PM EST (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2003, 11:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boone County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 090022
FFWIND
INC011-035-057-095-090500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
720 PM EST TUE JUL 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST

* AT 719 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       
  HEAVY RAIN OVER BOONE...HAMILTON...MADISON AND DELAWARE COUNTIES.  
  THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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.

LAT...LON 4019 8671 3994 8668 3996 8559 4010 8560
          4013 8520 4039 8526 4039 8585 4021 8586
          4017 8619

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone45 min
Jul 8, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay29 min
Jul 8, 7:12 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone18 min
Jul 8, 7:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam32 min
Jul 8, 7:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion40 min
Jul 8, 7:33 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMarion27 min
Jul 8, 7:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Madison51 min
Jul 8, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush41 min
Jul 9, 2:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHenry115 min
Jul 9, 3:04 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDRandolph116 min
Jul 9, 6:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison3 hr
Jul 9, 12:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren5 hr
Jul 9, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion36 min
Jul 9, 2:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke53 min
Jul 9, 3:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion119 min
Jul 9, 3:19 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo56 min
Jul 9, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen51 min
Jul 9, 3:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam55 min
Jul 9, 3:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDPutnam2 hr
Jul 9, 3:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan47 min
Jul 9, 4:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson29 min
Jul 9, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew46 min
Jul 9, 5:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings47 min
Jul 9, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene29 min
Jul 9, 5:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJennings58 min
Jul 9, 5:57 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke3 min
Jul 9, 6:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more3 hr

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.