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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 16, 2004Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 10:51 AM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 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 16, 2004, 10:51 AM EST (15:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2004, 11:45 AM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2004-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 630 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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 161551
FFWIND
INC121-161745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1051 AM EST WED JUN 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 PM EST

* AT 1048 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
    HEAVY RAINS FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MECCA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES   
    NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROCKVILLE...MARSHALL...JUDSON AND BLOOMINGDALE.

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 3966 8737 3970 8705 3986 8705 3995 8713
      3994 8736

$$

CO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 161740
FFSIND
INC121-161745-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1239 PM EST WED JUN 16 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARKE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE...

RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS PARKE COUNTY FOR THE TIME. THE THREAT FOR 
FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 
THROUGH TONIGHT.

LAT...LON 3966 8737 3970 8705 3986 8705 3995 8713
      3994 8736

$$

CO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson113 min
Jun 16, 9:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMarion57 min
Jun 16, 11:34 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Morgan3 hr
Jun 16, 11:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMarion2 hr
Jun 16, 11:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Shelby3 hr

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.