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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2004, 8:36 PM EST for Clay County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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, 8:36 PM EST (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2004, 12:30 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 310139 FFWIND INC021-167-310630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 836 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TERRE HAUTE * UNTIL 130 AM EST * RADAR INDICATED IN EXCESS THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF VIGO AND CLAY COUNTY SINCE 400 PM EST. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STAUNTON...SEELYVILLE...RILEY...KNIGHTSVILLE...HARMONY...CLAY CITY...CENTER POINT AND BRAZIL. 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. 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. 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 3940 8760 3926 8762 3926 8709 3960 8706 $$ JEH
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIND 310448 FFSIND INC021-121-165-167-310630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1147 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR VERMILLION... VIGO...PARKE AND CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EST. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN VIGO AND SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTIES SINCE MID AFTERNOON. FORTUNATELY THE RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME MINOR FLOODING. HOWEVER SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF MAJOR FLOODING. MOTORISTS DRIVING TONIGHT...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. $$ 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, 7:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 5 hr |
| 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, 8:39 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.