Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 7:29 AM EST for Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Warren 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
- Jun 12, 2004, 7:29 AM EST (12:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 9:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 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 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 121231
FFWIND
INC045-157-171-121530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
* TO UNTIL 1030 AM EST
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THESE
AREAS. IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AT LAFAYETTE SINCE
400 AM EST.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILLIAMSPORT...WEST LEBANON...WEST LAFAYETTE...WALLACE...
SHADELAND...PINE VILLAGE...OTTERBEIN...NEWTOWN...MELLOTT...
HILLSBORO...DAYTON...BATTLE GROUND AND ATTICA.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 4044 8753 4017 8751 4014 8739 4000 8739
3998 8715 4023 8710 4026 8675 4056 8672
$$
JEH1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIND 121432
FFSIND
INC045-157-171-121530-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
931 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR FOUNTAIN...
WARREN AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...
AT 930 AM EST...RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW HOWEVER THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING STILL EXISTS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON CREATING ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILLIAMSPORT...WEST LEBANON...WEST LAFAYETTE...WALLACE...
VEEDERSBURG...SHADELAND...PINE VILLAGE...OTTERBEIN...MELLOTT...
LAFAYETTE...HILLSBORO...DAYTON...BATTLE GROUND AND ATTICA.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
LAT...LON 4044 8753 4017 8751 4014 8739 4000 8739
3998 8715 4023 8710 4026 8675 4056 8672
$$
SALLYThe 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, 6:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton | 5 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2004Every 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.