Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2004, 2:17 AM EST for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 58 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 17, 2004, 2:17 AM EST (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2004, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 1209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 170719
FFWIND
INC093-170915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
217 AM EST SAT JUL 17 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD
* UNTIL 415 AM EST
* AT 215 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY.
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE WITH THE ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MITCHELL.
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 3899 8671 3868 8670 3870 8633 3878 8628
3896 8630
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIND 170829
FFSIND
INC093-170915-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
327 AM EST SAT JUL 17 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR LAWRENCE
COUNTY...
AT 324 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS
ROADS CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY
THROUGH 400 AM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MITCHELL.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3899 8671 3868 8670 3870 8633 3878 8628
3896 8630
$$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.