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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 10, 2004Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2004, 1:02 AM EST for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 118 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 10, 2004, 1:02 AM EST (06:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2004, 3:00 AM EST
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2969 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 100605
FFWIND
INC171-100900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
102 AM EST SAT JUL 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 400 AM EST

* AT 1259 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF     
  WEST LEBANON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING    
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WILLIAMSPORT...STATE LINE CITY AND PINE VILLAGE.

MUCH OF WARREN COUNTY WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF 
RAIN THROUGH 2 AM EST. MUCH OF THE COUNTY ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR.

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.

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 4044 8765 4016 8756 4021 8741 4040 8711
      4048 8712 4057 8734

$$

CO
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 100739
FFSIND
INC171-100900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
237 AM EST SAT JUL 10 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR WARREN
COUNTY...

AT 234 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FALLING ACROSS WARREN COUNTY. RADAR 
ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 AM. MUCH OF 
THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH 
LIKELY. FLOODING WILL OCCUR.

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.

LAT...LON 4044 8765 4016 8756 4021 8741 4040 8711
      4048 8712 4057 8734

$$

CO
000 
WGUS73 KIND 100900
FFSIND
INC171-100900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
358 AM EST SAT JUL 10 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM
EST...

RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS WARREN COUNTY. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNRISE ACROSS 
WARREN COUNTY. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY ALSO RUN OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS EARLY THIS MORNING.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS MORNING...DO 
NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4044 8765 4016 8756 4021 8741 4040 8711
      4048 8712 4057 8734

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:12 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWarren63 min
Jul 9, 7:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton25 min
Jul 9, 10:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDOwen117 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.