Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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 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
$$
CO2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KIND 100739
FFSIND
INC171-100900-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
237 AM EST SAT JUL 10 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR WARREN
COUNTY...
AT 234 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FALLING ACROSS WARREN COUNTY. RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 AM. MUCH OF
THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH
LIKELY. FLOODING WILL OCCUR.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4044 8765 4016 8756 4021 8741 4040 8711
4048 8712 4057 8734
$$
CO000
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.
| 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 9, 10:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 117 min |
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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.