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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 1, 2003Hendricks County, Marion County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2003, 6:06 AM EST for Hendricks County, Marion County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 114 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
Sep 1, 2003, 6:06 AM EST (11:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2003, 8:00 AM EST
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2003-09-01Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 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 011109
FFWIND
INC063-097-133-011400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
606 AM EST MON SEP 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 900 AM EST

* AT 604 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA
  AND ADDITIONAL BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
  THE MORNING.

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 3988 8703 3988 8672 3994 8672 3993 8598
          3967 8598 3965 8633 3959 8665 3949 8669
          3945 8704

$$

KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 011240
FFSIND
INC063-097-133-011400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
731 AM EST MON SEP 1 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR HENDRICKS...MARION AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM EST...

AT 730 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR HAD SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD
MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY NEAR OAKLANDON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MID MORNING...BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE NEARLY
AS HEAVY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS OVERNIGHT. ROADS
WERE REPORTED WATER COVERED AND CLOSED ACROSS PUTNAM AND HENDRICKS
COUNTIES. MOST AREAS HAVE RECEIVED AROUND 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. PARTS
OF HENDRICKS COUNTY NEAR PITTSBORO RECEIVED AROUND 5 AND A HALF
INCHES.

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.

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 8:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSullivan, Vigo45 min
Sep 1, 6:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison115 min
Sep 1, 12:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion113 min
Sep 1, 1:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph42 min
Sep 1, 1:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHenry, Randolph30 min
Sep 1, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Shelby42 min
Sep 1, 2:28 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDRush, Shelby2 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.