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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana

June 12, 2004Cass County, White County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 7:44 AM EST for Cass County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 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, 7:44 AM EST (12:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 9:45 AM EST
In force
2 hr
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 12:00Z, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -125 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIWX 121244
FFWIWX
INC017-181-121545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
744 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 1045 AM EST

* AT 744 AM EST...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTS FLOODING CONTINUING 
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED IN THESE 
COUNTIES. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS AND GOING OVER THEIR 
BANKS...WITH FLOWING WATER REPORTED ON SEVERAL ROADWAYS. RADAR 
ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS OF 2 TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SINCE 3 AM EST. THE HEAVY 
RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL 
CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH 1030 AM EST.

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 4090 8706 4060 8707 4061 8622 4089 8623

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:47 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXCass, White118 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.