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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 9, 2004Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2004, 4:41 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 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: Jul 9, 2004, 4:41 PM EST (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2004, 5:45 PM EST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hendricks County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 2498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 092141
FFWIND
INC063-092345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
441 PM EST FRI JUL 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 438 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PITTSBORO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF
  INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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.

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 3987 8667 3970 8667 3966 8636 3989 8639

$$

HAINES

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KIND 092237
FFSIND
INC063-092345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
536 PM EST FRI JUL 9 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
HENDRICKS COUNTY...

AT 533 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF BROWNSBURG...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PLAINFIELD...PITTSBORO...NORTH SALEM...LIZTON...DANVILLE AND CLAYTON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

LAT...LON 3987 8667 3970 8667 3966 8636 3989 8639

$$

HAINES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 4:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	30 min
Jul 9, 4:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks	23 hr
Jul 9, 4:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson	29 min
Jul 9, 4:44 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion	61 min
Jul 9, 5:24 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Morgan	66 min
Jul 9, 5:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Putnam	27 min
Jul 9, 6:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	34 min
Jul 9, 6:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton	30 min
Jul 9, 6:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2004 Every 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.