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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 9, 2004Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 4:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion30 min
Jul 9, 4:22 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks23 hr
Jul 9, 4:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson29 min
Jul 9, 4:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks64 min
Jul 9, 5:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMorgan66 min
Jul 9, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Putnam27 min
Jul 9, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren34 min
Jul 9, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton30 min
Jul 9, 6:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward37 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.