Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2003, 4:30 AM EST for Allen 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
- Jul 21, 2003, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2003, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Allen County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIWX 210936
FFWIWX
INC003-211330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
430 AM EST MON JUL 21 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 830 AM EST
* AT 430 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA
EARLY THIS MORNING. SPY RUN CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 10 FEET
AROUND 7AM. AT THIS STAGE FLOODING OCCURS IN FRANKE PARK... AND THE
EASTBROOK AND WESTBROOK NEIGHBORHOODS.
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 4096 8521 4095 8535 4114 8535 4122 8501
4126 8478 4097 84792 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIWX 211157 FFSIWX INC003-211345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 649 AM EST MON JUL 21 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA UNTIL 830 AM EST... AT 645 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. RAIN WILL END OVER ALLEN COUNTY BY 900 AM EST. THE STAGE OF SPY RUN CREEK WAS 9.95 FEET AT 630 AM. THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 11 FEET AROUND 8 AM. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING IN FRANKE PARK... AND THE EASTBROOK AND WESTBROOK NEIGHBORHOODS. 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.
000 WGUS73 KIWX 211259 FFSIWX INC003-211330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 756 AM EST MON JUL 21 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA UNTIL 830 AM EST... AT 755 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN WAS ENDING OVER ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT HAS ALLOWED STREAMS...DITCHES AND CULVERTS TO RAPIDLY FILL WITH WATER AND FLOOD. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF STANDING AND FLOWING WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE. NUMEROUS CITY STREETS ARE CLOSED TO DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOME BUILDINGS IN FORT WAYNE ALSO HAVE FLOODING IN THE LOWEST LEVELS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ALLEN COUNTY BETWEEN 100 AM AND 700 AM EST. THE STAGE OF SPY RUN CREEK WAS 10.91 FEET AT 630 AM...FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 11.5 FEET BETWEEN 800 AM AND 900 AM. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING IN FRANKE PARK... AND THE EASTBROOK AND WESTBROOK NEIGHBORHOODS. WITH THE RAIN ENDING...FLOOD WATERS SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS MORNING. 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 20, 7:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 7:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 11:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 57 min |
| Jul 20, 11:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 12:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Whitley | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 1:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 1:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 3:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 3:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 3:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 5:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 5:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 36 min |
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.