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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 16, 2004Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 9:35 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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, 9:35 PM EST (02:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2004, 10:30 PM EST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 1805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 170237
FFWIND
INC139-170430-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EST

* AT 932 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 19        
  MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY        
  EASTWARD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
  IN THE PAST HOUR AROUND RUSHVILLE. UP TO ANOTHER HALF INCH IS 
  POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM MOVES OUT OF THE COUNTY.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3966 8561 3945 8551 3949 8533 3975 8532

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KIND 170340
FFSIND
INC139-170430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1038 PM EST WED JUN 16 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EST FOR RUSH
COUNTY...

AT 1015 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FEW 
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS RUSH COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A 
THUNDERSTORM ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN RUSH COUNTY AND MOVING NORTHEAST 
AROUND 20 MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF 
THE EVENING...HOWEVER THERE STILL WILL BE SOME HIGH WATER ACROSS 
SOME OF THE ROADWAYS THIS 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 3966 8561 3945 8551 3949 8533 3975 8532

$$

KOCH

000 
WGUS73 KIND 170426
FFSIND
INC139-170445-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1123 PM EST WED JUN 16 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RUSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AS OF 1130 PM 
EST...

HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS RUSH COUNTY. EARLIER LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REPORTED A FEW COUNTY ROADS WERE COVERED WITH 
HIGH WATER.

EVEN THOUGH CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING...PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO 
POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS DURING THE NIGHT.

LAT...LON 3966 8561 3945 8551 3949 8533 3975 8532

$$

JEH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 8:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	52 min

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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.