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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 2004Boone County, Carroll County, Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 6:57 AM EST for Boone County, Carroll County, Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 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, 6:57 AM EST (11:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 12:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3388 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 121200
FFWIND
INC011-015-023-121800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
657 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT
  SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 100 PM EST

TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 300 AM EST OVER
THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CLINTON COUNTY...SOUTHWEST CARROL COUNTY.
ALSO ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS 
OF BOONE COUNTY SINCE 500 AM EST.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE 
COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ULEN...THORNTOWN...ROSSVILLE...MULBERRY...MICHIGANTOWN...LEBANON...
  KIRKLIN...FLORA...DELPHI...COLFAX...CAMDEN...BURLINGTON AND
  ADVANCE.

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.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 4062 8671 3995 8669 3994 8632 4062 8643

$$

JEH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 121720
FFSIND
INC011-015-023-121800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1219 PM EST SAT JUN 12 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOONE...CLINTON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THERE IS NO RAIN OCCURRING IN THE AREA.  FLOOD WATERS WILL STILL POSE A 
PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IF ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLS LATER THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 4062 8671 3995 8669 3994 8632 4062 8643

$$
SALLY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 3:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWarren3 hr
Jun 12, 4:40 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe3 hr
Jun 12, 6:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMontgomery3 hr
Jun 12, 7:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren2 hr
Jun 12, 9:51 AM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence39 min
Jun 12, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson30 min
Jun 12, 11:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings47 min
Jun 12, 6:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe42 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.