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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 2004Fountain County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 8:19 PM EST for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 116 min. 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, 8:19 PM EST (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 10:15 PM EST
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fountain County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 675 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 130120
FFWIND
INC045-130415-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 816 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WALLACE...VEEDERSBURG...NEWTOWN...MELLOTT...HILLSBORO AND
  COVINGTON.

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 4023 8735 4019 8741 3999 8742 3999 8730
      3998 8711 4036 8711 4032 8722

$$

JB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWarren2 hr
Jun 12, 8:12 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDTippecanoe2 hr
Jun 13, 4:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen27 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan35 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.