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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2004, 7:29 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2004, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2004, 12:30 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 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 310032 FFWIND INC121-165-310630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 729 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 130 AM EST * AT 715 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 900 PM EST. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKVILLE...NEWPORT...MONTEZUMA...MECCA...MARSHALL...JUDSON... FAIRVIEW PARK...DANA...CLINTON...CAYUGA AND BLOOMINGDALE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 3994 8774 3961 8748 3971 8704 3995 8726 $$ JEH
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIND 310448 FFSIND INC021-121-165-167-310630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1147 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR VERMILLION... VIGO...PARKE AND CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EST. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN VIGO AND SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTIES SINCE MID AFTERNOON. FORTUNATELY THE RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME MINOR FLOODING. HOWEVER SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF MAJOR FLOODING. MOTORISTS DRIVING TONIGHT...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. $$ JEH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 59 min |
| May 30, 7:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 60 min |
| May 30, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 58 min |
| May 30, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 48 min |
| May 30, 7:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 61 min |
| May 30, 7:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 39 min |
| May 30, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 51 min |
| May 30, 7:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 45 min |
| May 30, 8:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 41 min |
| May 30, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 64 min |
| May 30, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 47 min |
| May 30, 8:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 50 min |
| May 30, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 4 hr |
| May 30, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 51 min |
| May 30, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 31 min |
| May 30, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 28 min |
| May 30, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 49 min |
| May 30, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 34 min |
| May 30, 9:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 35 min |
| May 30, 9:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 29 min |
| May 30, 9:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 30, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jennings | 45 min |
| May 30, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 42 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.