Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2004, 11:01 AM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 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
- Aug 26, 2004, 11:01 AM EST (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2004, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 261604 FFWIND INC083-261800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1101 AM EST THU AUG 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 100 PM EST * AT 1059 AM EST...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEAR RUSSELLVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDBORN...OAKTOWN...EDWARDSPORT...BRUCEVILLE AND BICKNELL. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST KNOX COUNTY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL BY NOON OR SHORTLY AFTER NOON. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 3891 8764 3869 8766 3868 8730 3890 8716 $$ DS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 261643 FFSIND INC083-261800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1141 AM EST THU AUG 26 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY... AT 1136 AM EST...A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKTOWN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE STORM HAS DIMINISHED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDBORN...EDWARDSPORT...BRUCEVILLE...BICKNELL AND RUSSELLVILLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3891 8764 3869 8766 3868 8730 3890 8716 $$ PUMA
000 WGUS73 KIND 261750 FFSIND INC083-261800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1249 PM EST THU AUG 26 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE STORM THAT WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY HAS DIMINISHED AND EXITED THE AREA. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3891 8764 3869 8766 3868 8730 3890 8716 $$ PUMA
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.