Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 3:29 AM EST for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 12, 2004, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 3388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 120829
FFWIND
INC171-121230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
329 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 730 AM EST
RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN
NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTY SINCE 230 AM EST. ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN
MAY OCCUR BY 400 AM EST.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMENENT.
PERSONS SHOULD LEAVE FLOOD PRONE AREAS IMMEDIATELY.
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.
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 4047 8759 4030 8758 4018 8750 4044 8711
4048 8727
$$
JEH1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIND 121044
FFSIND
INC171-121230-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
545 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR WARREN
COUNTY...
AT 540 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
OCCURRING ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSPORT. SINCE 200 AM EST
UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WARREN COUNTY.
EVEN THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WERE DIMINISHING OVER WARREN
COUNTY...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS MAY BRING
MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TO WARREN COUNTY BY 700 AM EST.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 4047 8759 4030 8758 4018 8750 4044 8711
4048 8727
$$
JEHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.