Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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
$$
CO1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIND 161740
FFSIND
INC121-161745-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1239 PM EST WED JUN 16 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARKE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS PARKE COUNTY FOR THE TIME. THE THREAT FOR
FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH TONIGHT.
LAT...LON 3966 8737 3970 8705 3986 8705 3995 8713
3994 8736
$$
COThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson | 113 min |
| Jun 16, 9:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 57 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 |
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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.