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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 9, 2003Henry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2003, 2:20 AM EST for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 115 min. 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 9, 2003, 2:20 AM EST (07:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2003, 4:15 AM EST
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 090721
FFWIND
INC065-091015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
220 AM EST WED JUL 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 515 AM EST

* AT 218 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER NEW CASTLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  MOORELAND AT 230 AM EST

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 4006 8556 3981 8558 3981 8526 4006 8523

$$

KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 090849
FFSIND
INC065-091015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
349 AM EST WED JUL 9 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM EST FOR HENRY COUNTY...

THE FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF HENRY COUNTY...
MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...WHERE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS TWO AND ONE HALF
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST THREE HOURS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HENRY COUNTY REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON
STATE ROAD 3 NORTH OF NEW CASTLE AT 330 AM EST.

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS HENRY COUNTY FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO
HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON...
WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. IN
ADDITION...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES...
ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH FLOWING WATER. TWO FEET OF FAST MOVING WATER
CAN SWEEP YOUR VEHICLE AWAY. KEEP CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM FLOOD
WATERS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. REPORT ANY
FLOODING PROBLEMS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

$$

NIELD
000 
WGUS73 KIND 091016
FFSIND
INC065-091035-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
509 AM EST WED JUL 9 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN HENRY COUNTY HAS ENDED. A FEW
ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY MOVE THROUGH HENRY COUNTY DURING THE MORNING.
THE RAIN FROM THESE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY.
IN ADDITION...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.


$$

HAINES

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 ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Delaware, Hamilton, Madison4 hr
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, 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

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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.