Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2004, 1:25 PM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2004, 1:25 PM EST (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2004, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ne Peru, IN | US 31 FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN PLACES WITH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIWX 131827
FFWIWX
INC017-103-132130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
125 PM EST SUN JUN 13 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA
MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 430 PM EST
* AT 125 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR LOGANSPORT TO NORTH OF
DENVER. RADAR INDICATED FROM ONE HALF TO OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE AREA IN THE LAST HOUR WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH BUT WAS ALSO REDEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST.
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 4091 8617 4100 8617 4100 8596 4066 8595
4065 8587 4058 8587 4058 8637 4071 8637
4074 8658 4091 8658
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIWX 131927 FFSIWX INC017-103-132130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 223 PM EST SUN JUN 13 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES IN INDIANA... AT 225 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN CENTRAL CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES...MAINLY ALONG THE EEL RIVER. SOILS ARE SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST 3 DAYS. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING. AT 140 PM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF ROUTE 31 IN MIAMI COUNTY WERE FLOODED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. $$ & HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 2:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Wabash | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Whitley | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 3:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.