Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2004, 4:44 PM EST for Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 61 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, 4:44 PM EST (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2004, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 092144 FFWIND INC081-097-092345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 444 PM EST FRI JUL 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS * UNTIL 645 PM EST * AT 443 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF BEECH GROVE... OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...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 3980 8624 3938 8623 3939 8600 3980 8600 $$ HAIHNES
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 092235 FFSIND INC081-097-092345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 534 PM EST FRI JUL 9 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES... AT 528 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARREN PARK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WAS DECREASING IN STRENGTH BUT MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITELAND...TRAFALGAR...SOUTHPORT...NEW WHITELAND...INDIANAPOLIS... HOMECROFT...GREENWOOD...FRANKLIN...BEECH GROVE AND BARGERSVILLE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. LAT...LON 3980 8624 3938 8623 3939 8600 3980 8600 $$ HAINES
000 WGUS73 KIND 092244 FFSIND INC081-097-092345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 544 PM EST FRI JUL 9 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES... AT 538 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF BEECH GROVE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITELAND...WARREN PARK...TRAFALGAR...SOUTHPORT...NEW WHITELAND... HOMECROFT...GREENWOOD...FRANKLIN AND BARGERSVILLE. 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 3980 8624 3938 8623 3939 8600 3980 8600 $$ 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, 4:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks | 64 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, 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.