Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2003, 8:03 AM EST for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 117 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 5, 2003, 8:03 AM EST (13:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2003, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:05 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 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIWX 051306
FFWIWX
INC001-009-053-069-075-169-179-051600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
803 AM EST SAT JUL 5 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN INDIANA
BLACKFORD COUNTY IN INDIANA
GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA
HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN INDIANA
JAY COUNTY IN INDIANA
WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA
WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 1100 AM EST
* AT 803 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES OVERNIGHT
HAS RANGED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 7 INCHES.
ADDITION RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS WILL CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4039 8587 4107 8596 4102 8566 4086 8561
4110 8534 4093 8534 4094 8479 4032 84792 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIWX 051514 FFSIWX INC001-009-053-069-075-169-179-051600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 956 AM EST SAT JUL 5 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ADAMS COUNTY IN INDIANA BLACKFORD COUNTY IN INDIANA GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN INDIANA JAY COUNTY IN INDIANA WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA UNTIL 1100 AM EST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED WABASH...HUNTINGTON AND GRANT COUNTIES...BUT CONTINUES ACROSS BLACKFORD...ADAMS...JAY...AND WELLS COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF THESE COUNTIES. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN WILL END...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 11 AM EST. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$
000 WGUS73 KIWX 051555 FFSIWX INC001-009-053-069-075-169-179-051600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1052 AM EST SAT JUL 5 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR ADAMS COUNTY IN INDIANA BLACKFORD COUNTY IN INDIANA GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN INDIANA JAY COUNTY IN INDIANA WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 8:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 8:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 9:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Wells | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 10:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 11:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 12:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Jay, Wells | 117 min |
| Jul 5, 12:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Miami, Wabash | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 115 min |
| Jul 5, 3:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Miami | 21 min |
| Jul 5, 4:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Pulaski, White | 114 min |
| Jul 5, 6:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 6:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 7:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Miami | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 2 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.