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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Northern Indiana

July 6, 20035 counties in Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2003, 10:00 PM EST for 5 counties in 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, 10:00 PM EST (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2003, 12:00 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1162 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIWX 070303
FFWIWX
INC001-003-069-169-179-OHC161-070600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1000 PM EST SUN JUL 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM EST(200 AM EDT)

* AT 1000 PM EST(1100 PM EDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER   
RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM VAN WERT 
THROUGH BLUFFTON AND FORT WAYNE TO LOGANSPORT.  THE STORMS WERE 
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 
MUCH OF THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE 
TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY

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 4099 8593 4068 8589 4061 8481 4074 8480
          4076 8445 4095 8440 4093 8481 4124 8481
          4121 8529 4099 8529

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph64 min
Jul 6, 7:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite54 min
Jul 6, 7:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart54 min
Jul 6, 8:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Starke43 min
Jul 6, 8:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall58 min
Jul 6, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Miami52 min
Jul 6, 8:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXWhite2 hr
Jul 6, 8:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXCass, Miami114 min
Jul 6, 9:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami, Wabash66 min
Jul 6, 10:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Jay60 min
Jul 7, 1:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami51 min
Jul 7, 9:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte52 min
Jul 7, 9:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph62 min
Jul 7, 10:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMarshall, Starke52 min
Jul 7, 10:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Pulaski58 min
Jul 7, 10:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart50 min
Jul 7, 10:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko47 min
Jul 7, 10:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami55 min
Jul 7, 10:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange, Noble39 min
Jul 7, 11:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley45 min
Jul 7, 11:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb, Steuben80 min
Jul 7, 11:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen53 min
Jul 7, 11:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Williams72 min
Jul 7, 11:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPaulding53 min
Jul 7, 12:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton50 min
Jul 7, 12:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHenry29 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.