Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 6:05 AM EST for Montgomery 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
- Jun 12, 2004, 6:05 AM EST (11:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 3388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 121108 FFWIND INC107-121500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE * UNTIL 1000 AM EST * UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED NEAR AND JUST WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE SINCE 500 AM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE CAWFORDSVILLE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINGATE...WAYNETOWN...NEW RICHMOND...LINDEN...DARLINGTON AND ALAMO. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4022 8709 3990 8709 3994 8676 4022 8673 $$ JEH
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 121242 FFSIND INC107-121500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 742 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM EST FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY... SOME CITIES IN THE WARNING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CRAWFORDSVILLE.. WINGATE...WAYNETOWN...NEW RICHMOND...NEW MARKET...LINDEN...DARLINGTON AND ALAMO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 400 AM EST. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY THROUGH 900 AM EST. ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS END. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 4022 8709 3990 8709 3994 8676 4022 8673 $$ JEH
000 WGUS73 KIND 121458 FFSIND INC107-121500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 958 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM EST... RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA FOR NOW. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST. LAT...LON 4022 8709 3990 8709 3994 8676 4022 8673 $$ SALLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 42 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.