Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2004, 5:04 PM EST for Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion 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
- May 18, 2004, 5:04 PM EST (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2004, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 989 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 182207 FFWIND INC045-121-165-190100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 504 PM EST TUE MAY 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 800 PM EST * AT 503 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAYUGA...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR... NEWPORT AROUND 520 PM EST TANGIER AROUND 530 PM EST KINGMAN AROUND 535 PM EST WALLACE AROUND 545 PM EST RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN...NORTHERN PARKE AND CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 4000 8753 3981 8755 3985 8711 4008 8713 $$ PUMA
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 182320 FFSIND INC045-121-165-190100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 617 PM EST TUE MAY 18 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR NORTHERN PARKE...CENTRAL VERMILLION AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES... AT 614 PM EST...THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA AND WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALLACE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWPORT...DANA...MARSHALL...KINGMAN AND CAYUGA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIEVED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4000 8753 3981 8755 3985 8711 4008 8713 $$ PUMA
000 WGUS73 KIND 190032 FFSIND INC045-121-165-190100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 731 PM EST TUE MAY 18 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR NORTHERN PARKE...CENTRAL VERMILLION AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES... AT 730 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM NEAR CAYUGA TO KINGMAN TO TURKEY RUN STATE PARK. ADDITIONAL LIGHTER RAIN WILL MOVE IN FROM ILLINOIS AND LAST THROUGH ABOUT 830 PM. SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSING AREAS LIKELY REMAIN HIGH OR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AND DO NOT DRIVE AROUND HIGH WATER BARRICADES. LAT...LON 4000 8753 3981 8755 3985 8711 4008 8713 $$ DRT
000 WGUS73 KIND 190056 FFSIND INC045-121-165-190100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 751 PM EST TUE MAY 18 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN PARKE...CENTRAL VERMILLION AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLASH FLOODING RAIN HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER, OCCASIONAL RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. ALL RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END BY 10 PM. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS, CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADS. LAT...LON 4000 8753 3981 8755 3985 8711 4008 8713 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 61 min |
| May 18, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 45 min |
| May 18, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 34 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.