Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2004, 7:03 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2004, 7:03 PM EST (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2004, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Rushville, IN | SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 230004
FFWIND
INC139-230200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
703 PM EST THU JUL 22 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 900 PM EST
* AT 702 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 17
MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY AROUND 720 PM EST
RURAL SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY AROUND 730 PM EST
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY AROUND 750 PM EST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING NEAR 2 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN RUSH
COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR. ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM
MOVES OUT OF THE COUNTY.
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 3977 8533 3977 8561 3946 8561 3943 8549
3943 8534
$$
KOCH1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIND 230132
FFSIND
INC139-230200-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
829 PM EST THU JUL 22 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR RUSH
COUNTY...
AT 828 PM EST...THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED WELL EAST OF RUSH
COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY IN THE PAST 2
AND A HALF HOURS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS
FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE WATER WAS BEGINNING TO
RECEED...HOWEVER. SO...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 900 PM EST.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3977 8533 3977 8561 3946 8561 3943 8549
3943 8534
$$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.