Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2004, 10:33 PM EST for Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 117 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, 10:33 PM EST (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2004, 12:30 AM EST
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 2969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 100334 FFWIND INC119-100630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1033 PM EST FRI JUL 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 130 AM EST * AT 1022 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL OWEN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. 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 3935 8702 3928 8689 3936 8672 3946 8687 $$ JK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 100433 FFSIND INC119-100630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1131 PM EST FRI JUL 9 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR OWEN COUNTY... AT 1123 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL OWEN COUNTY AND NEARLY STATIONARY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3935 8702 3928 8689 3936 8672 3946 8687 $$ JK
000 WGUS73 KIND 100534 FFSIND INC119-100630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1228 AM EST SAT JUL 10 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR OWEN COUNTY... AT 1223 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER SEVERAL COUNTY HIGHWAYS ACROSS OWEN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RE-DEVELOP ACROSS OWEN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. IN THE PAST 4 HOURS...BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. SOME SPECIFIC CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT MAY OVERFLOW INCLUDE SIX MILE CREEK...AND GOOSE CREEK. 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. 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. LAT...LON 3935 8702 3928 8689 3936 8672 3946 8687 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 7:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 1:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 118 min |
Nearby
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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.