Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Jul 9, 2003, 6:20 PM EST (23:20 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 2003, 9:30 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KIND 092326
FFWIND
INC045-107-121-133-157-165-171-100330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
620 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
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE
  VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1030 PM EST

* AT 618 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER WAYNETOWN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  CRAWFORDSVILLE AT 625 PM EST
  DARLINGTON AT 630 PM EST

MORE RAIN IS HEADED FOR NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA. RUN-OFF CONTINUES 
FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MORE RUN-OFF 
AND CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING.

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 3966 8749 3965 8704 3952 8674 4054 8679
          4049 8757

$$

PUMA

000 
WGUS73 KIND 100201
FFSIND
INC045-107-121-133-157-165-171-100330-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY...
PARKE...PUTNAM...TIPPECANOE...VERMILLION...AND WARREN COUNTIES
UNTIL 1030 PM EST...

AREAS ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RAINFALL...SOME
OF WHICH CONTINUES TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...WITH AN INCH OR MORE
FALLING IN SOME AREAS IN JUST THE LAST HOUR. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY.

PUTNAM COUNTY AUTHORITIES REPORTED AT 845 PM EST THAT ALL LOW LYING
COUNTY ROADS ARE NOW UNDER WATER...AND FLOOD WATERS WERE
THREATENING SOME HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTY. MANY AREAS IN OTHER
WARNED COUNTIES ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. KEEP CHILDREN AND
PETS AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS. 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. ALSO...IT IS
MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE FLOOD WATERS AT NIGHT.

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

$$

NIELD

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.