Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2004, 2:31 AM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 119 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
- Jun 11, 2004, 2:31 AM EST (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2004, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIWX 110732
FFWIWX
INC017-103-111030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
231 AM EST FRI JUN 11 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA
MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 530 AM EST
* AT 226 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL CASS COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER
CASS COUNTY AND MIAMI COUNTY.
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 SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4088 8655 4079 8654 4076 8638 4061 8636
4062 8595 4099 8598 4089 8621
$$
HITCHCOCK1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIWX 110918 FFSIWX INC017-103-111000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 407 AM EST FRI JUN 11 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA UNTIL 530 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 64 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.