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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

June 11, 2004Cass County, Miami County, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

HITCHCOCK
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 9:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite64 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.