Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2004, 7:58 PM EST for Allen 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, 7:58 PM EST (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2004, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Allen County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIWX 310103 FFWIWX INC003-310700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 758 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 200 AM EST * AT 758 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER ALLEN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING BACK INTO THE FORT WAYNE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT EST. SPY RUN CREEK IN FORT WAYNE HAS REACHED 7 FEET AT 7 PM EST. THE CREEK IS STILL RISING WITH AN EXPECTED CREST IN EXCESS OF 10 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. OTHER CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA CAN BE EXPECTED TO FLOOD AS WELL WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4127 8534 4095 8534 4096 8481 4128 8482 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIWX 310453 FFSIWX INC003-310700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1150 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM EST... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES FROM THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RUNOFF. SPY RUN CREEK IN FORT WAYNE HAS REACHED 7.1 FEET AT 1145 PM EST. THE WATER LEVEL IS STILL RISING WITH AN EXPECTED CREST NEAR 10 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH FRANKE PARK...EASTBROOK AND WESTBROOK NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATERS. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. OTHER CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA CAN BE EXPECTED TO FLOOD AS WELL. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$
000 WGUS73 KIWX 310500 CCA FFSIWX INC003-310700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1150 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM EST... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES FROM THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RUNOFF. SPY RUN CREEK IN FORT WAYNE HAS REACHED 8.1 FEET AT 1145 PM EST. THE WATER LEVEL IS STILL RISING WITH AN EXPECTED CREST NEAR 10 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH FRANKE PARK...EASTBROOK AND WESTBROOK NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATERS. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. OTHER CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA CAN BE EXPECTED TO FLOOD AS WELL. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 51 min |
| May 30, 7:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 79 min |
| May 30, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 74 min |
| May 30, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 45 min |
| May 30, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall | 58 min |
| May 30, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall | 53 min |
| May 30, 8:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami | 63 min |
| May 30, 8:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wabash | 80 min |
| May 30, 9:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 40 min |
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.