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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 2004Cass County, Miami County, 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 1:48 PM ESTFLASH FLOOD5 Ne Peru, INUS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
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

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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.

$$

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HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami, Wabash60 min
Jun 13, 2:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXWabash60 min
Jun 13, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Whitley57 min
Jun 13, 2:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen55 min
Jun 13, 3:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley50 min
Jun 13, 3:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAllen, Whitley2 hr
Jun 13, 3:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington63 min
Jun 13, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen51 min
Jun 13, 4:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.