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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 13, 2003Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2003, 12:23 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 13, 2003, 12:23 PM EST (17:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2003, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 131726
FFWIND
INC157-132130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1223 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 1218 PM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN WEST   
LAFAYETTE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS TIPPECANOE COUNTY 
THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF IT IS TWO FEET DEEP...IT CAN 
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.

THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...ROADS AND
UNDERPASSES. FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING ALSO.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TO ESCAPE 
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 4056 8709 4025 8708 4025 8672 4056 8672
          4056 8687

$$

NIELD

4 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KIND 131838
FFSIND
INC157-132130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
138 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM
EST...

AT 130 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS TIPPECANOE COUNTY...EXCEEDING ONE INCH
PER HOUR IN SOME AREAS. PORTIONS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY ALREADY
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. ONLY SIX INCHES OF
WATER IS REQUIRED TO FLOAT THE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE. A FEW INCHES
OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET. KEEP
CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

$$

NIELD

000 
WGUS73 KIND 131931
FFSIND
INC157-132130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
231 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM
EST...

AT 225 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS TIPPECANOE COUNTY. MOST OF THIS RAIN
WAS LIGHT...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. PORTIONS OF TIPPECANOE
COUNTY ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. ONLY SIX INCHES OF
WATER IS REQUIRED TO FLOAT THE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE. A FEW INCHES
OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET. KEEP
CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

$$

NIELD

000 
WGUS73 KIND 131945 CCA
FFSIND
INC157-132130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
231 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM
EST...

AT 225 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS TIPPECANOE COUNTY. MOST OF THIS RAIN
WAS LIGHT...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. PORTIONS OF TIPPECANOE
COUNTY ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. ONLY SIX INCHES OF
WATER IS REQUIRED TO FLOAT THE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE. A FEW INCHES
OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET. KEEP
CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

$$

NIELD

000 
WGUS73 KIND 132031
FFSIND
INC157-132130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
331 PM EST FRI JUN 13 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM
EST...

AT 330 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS TIPPECANOE COUNTY. MOST OF THIS RAIN
WAS LIGHT...HOWEVER...TIPPECANOE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT WATER
IS CONTINUING TO BE A PROBLEM ON ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY. PORTIONS OF
TIPPECANOE COUNTY ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON.

DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. ONLY SIX INCHES OF
WATER IS REQUIRED TO FLOAT THE TIRES ON YOUR VEHICLE. A FEW INCHES
OF FAST MOVING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET. KEEP
CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 12:47 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Warren	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2003 Every 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.