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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 2004Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2004, 1:20 PM EST for Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2004, 1:20 PM EST (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2004, 2:15 PM EST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 151821
FFWIND
INC045-121-165-152015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
120 PM EST TUE JUN 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 120 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLOOMINGDALE...OR ABOUT 24
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  PERRYSVILLE AROUND 125 PM EST
  MARSHALL AROUND 130 PM EST
  COVINGTON AROUND 135 PM EST
  WALLACE AROUND 145 PM EST

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

LAT...LON 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710
      4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710
      4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710
      4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710
      4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710

$$

HAINES
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 151933
FFSIND
INC045-121-165-152015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
232 PM EST TUE JUN 15 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARKE...VERMILLION AND FOUNTAIN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTIES. THERE WERE NO REPORTS 
OF FLASH FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710
      4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710
      4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710
      4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710
      4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710 4038 8710

$$

HAINES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion43 min
Jun 15, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks49 min
Jun 15, 6:22 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJennings113 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.