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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 17, 2004Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2004, 4:30 PM EST for Monroe County, Indiana. 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: May 17, 2004, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2004, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 172134
FFWIND
INC105-180030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
430 PM EST MON MAY 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 429 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THE VARIOUS STORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS
  THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN    
  FELL IN THE LAST HOUR IN A BAND FROM AROUND SANFORD TO BLOOMINGTON
  TO LAKE LEMON. THE HEAVIEST STORMS HAVE LIFTED NORTHEAST OF
  THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
  MOVE ACROSS THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3929 8668 3901 8668 3902 8640 3931 8640

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KIND 172253
FFSIND
INC105-180030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
546 PM EST MON MAY 17 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM EST...

AT 550 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS NOT
INDICATING ANY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MONROE COUNTY OR ANYWHERE ELSE
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF
AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM AROUND STANFORD TO BLOOMINGTON TO
LAKE LEMON...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED ROADS
IN BLOOMINGTON. NO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...HOWEVER THERE COULD STILL BE SOME WATER RUNOFF THROUGH
EARLY EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

$$

KOCH

000 
WGUS73 KIND 172328
FFSIND
INC105-172341-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
626 PM EST MON MAY 17 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY CANCELLED...

THE HIGH WATER FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN HAS SUBSIDED AND NO
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SO THE FLASH FLOODING
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

KOCH

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2004 Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.