Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

May 27, 2004, 6:03 PM EST (23:03 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2004, 8:00 PM EST

In force

117 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN

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000 
WGUS53 KIND 272305
FFWIND
INC035-135-280200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
603 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 900 PM EST

* RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
  IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SINCE 300
  PM EST. OTHER OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS
  AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  YORKTOWN...WINCHESTER...SELMA...SARATOGA...RIDGEVILLE...PARKER
  CITY...GASTON...FARMLAND AND ALBANY.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4033 8557 4009 8554 4005 8487 4029 8483

$$

JEH

000 
WGUS73 KIND 280105
FFSIND
INC035-135-280200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
803 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTY WILL 
EXPIRE AT 900 PM EST.

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN SINCE 300 PM EST OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND 
RANDOLPH COUNTIES. EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 
AROUND LYNN IN SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.

HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS 
OF RANDOLPH COUNTIES.  THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHERN 
PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND MADISON COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM EST. HOWEVER 
RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED TO JUST OVER A HALF INCH PER HOUR.
THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF DELAWARE 
AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES BY 1100 PM EST.

EVEN THOUGH WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVING...PERSONS IN THE 
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE 
TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FLOODING.

$$
JEH

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.