Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 4:47 AM EST for Cass County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 118 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 12, 2004, 4:47 AM EST (09:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, IN, White County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 KIWX 120953 FFWIWX INC017-181-121245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 447 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA WHITE COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 745 AM EST * AT 447 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST ACROSS MUCH OF WHITE AND CASS COUNTIES AT 20 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OVER THE PAST DAY APPROACHING 5 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. 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 4089 8708 4056 8711 4060 8617 4090 8620 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIWX 121131 FFSIWX INC017-181-121245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 624 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA WHITE COUNTY IN INDIANA UNTIL 745 AM EST... AT 624 AM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN CASS COUNTY REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE COVERED WITH STANDING WATER. 4 TO 5 ROADS WERE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED DUE TO 2 FEET OR MORE OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADS. NO REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN WHITE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SINCE 330 AM EST. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF...AND BRIEFLY END IN SOME LOCATIONS THROUGH 745 AM EST. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA AND MAY MOVE INTO THE WARNING AREA...FURTHER ADDING TO THE THREAT FOR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, White | 2 hr |
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.