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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 2004Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2004, 7:37 PM EST for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 113 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 15, 2004, 7:37 PM EST (00:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2004, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 160040
FFWIND
INC071-160330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR

* UNTIL 1030 PM EST

* AT 733 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY SPREADING 
  NORTH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS
  THIS AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING. ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE BY LATE 
  EVENING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3903 8629 3890 8627 3892 8584 3904 8584

$$

KOCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KIND 160224
FFSIND
INC071-160330-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 919 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW MODERATE RAINFALL 
ACROSS MUCH OF JACKSON COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 
REPORTED FLOODED ROADWAYS MAINLY NEAR REDINGTON. LIGHT TO MODERATE 
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3903 8629 3890 8627 3892 8584 3904 8584

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 9:48 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Marion	57 min
Jun 16, 10:51 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Parke	54 min
Jun 16, 11:34 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan	3 hr
Jun 16, 11:45 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Marion	2 hr
Jun 16, 11:58 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hancock, Shelby	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2004 Every 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.