Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 11:34 AM EST for Johnson County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 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, 11:34 AM EST (16:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 161635
FFWIND
INC081-109-162030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1134 AM EST WED JUN 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 1134 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING RAINS FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BETHANY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITELAND...TRAFALGAR...PARAGON...NEW WHITELAND...MORGANTOWN...
MOORESVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...LAKE HART...GREENWOOD...FRANKLIN...
BROOKLYN AND BARGERSVILLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3960 8665 3934 8663 3936 8598 3963 8598
3961 8647
$$
CO3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KIND 161709
FFSIND
INC081-109-162030-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1207 PM EST WED JUN 16 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR MORGAN AND
JOHNSON COUNTIES...
AT 1204 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A STALLED
VEHICLE IN HIGH WATER NEAR OLD STATE ROAD 37 AND MAPLE TURN ROAD IN
MORGAN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3960 8665 3934 8663 3936 8598 3963 8598
3961 8647
$$
CO000
WGUS73 KIND 161840
FFSIND
INC081-109-162030-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
139 PM EST WED JUN 16 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR MORGAN AND
JOHNSON COUNTIES...
AT 135 PM EST...ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAD ENDED FOR THE TIME, RUNOFF
FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTY
CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING COUNTY ROADS MAY ALSO
CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED IN SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD.
LAT...LON 3960 8665 3934 8663 3936 8598 3963 8598
3961 8647
$$
CO000
WGUS73 KIND 161932
FFSIND
INC081-109-162030-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
232 PM EST WED JUN 16 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MORGAN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL
BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3960 8665 3934 8663 3936 8598 3963 8598
3961 8647
$$
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, 10:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke | 54 min |
| 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
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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.