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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 9, 20035 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2003, 12:30 PM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 5 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 9, 2003, 12:30 PM EST (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2003, 5:30 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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 091732
FFWIND
INC045-107-157-165-171-092330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1230 PM EST WED JUL 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA   THIS INCLUDES THE CITY 
  OF CRAWFORDSVILLE
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA   
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 1220 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN FROM THE WARNED AREA INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE OVER... 
  THE WARNED AREAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. 

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF IT IS TWO FEET DEEP...IT CAN
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES WITH LARGER TIRES...SUCH AS
SUVS...ARE MORE BUOYANT AND AT GREATER RISK.

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 4031 8744 4004 8748 4003 8685 4033 8689

$$

JK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 092143
FFSIND
INC045-107-157-165-171-092330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
442 PM EST WED JUL 9 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY...
TIPPECANOE...VERMILLION...AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM...

NUMEROUS ROADS THROUGHOUT FOUNTAIN...TIPPECANOE...AND WARREN
COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM THE STORMS EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF
RAIN FELL OVER PARTS OF WARREN AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES.

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE
TIME BEING...BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LINGERING
FLOODING OF ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

$$

JAS

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, 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, 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.