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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Northern Indiana

July 6, 2003Adams County, Wells County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2003, 5:40 PM EST for Adams County, Wells County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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 6, 2003, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2003, 7:45 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adams County, IN, Wells County, IN, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 379 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 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
379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 KIWX 062242
FFWIWX
INC001-179-OHC161-070145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
540 PM EST SUN JUL 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN INDIANA
  WELLS COUNTY IN INDIANA
  VAN WERT COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 845 PM EST(945 PM EDT)

* AT 538 PM EST(638 PM EDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WELLS...ADAMS... 
  AND VAN WERT COUNTY. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN WAS REPORTED BETWEEN 500 
  AND 530 PM EST IN THIS AREA. 

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 4072 8479 4063 8479 4059 8531 4093 8531
          4095 8477 4098 8441 4070 8443

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 2:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski66 min
Jul 6, 2:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXWhite118 min
Jul 6, 2:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXStarke55 min
Jul 6, 3:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, White54 min
Jul 6, 3:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph51 min
Jul 6, 4:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXPulaski2 hr
Jul 6, 4:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley63 min
Jul 6, 4:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, Starke59 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington46 min
Jul 6, 4:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXStarke61 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXHuntington2 hr
Jul 6, 5:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXWhite2 hr
Jul 6, 5:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams23 min
Jul 6, 6:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte46 min
Jul 6, 6:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHenry48 min
Jul 6, 6:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWilliams63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.