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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 2004Allen County, Whitley County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2004, 3:30 PM EST for Allen County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. 5 reports 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, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 5:30 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Allen County, IN, Whitley County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 4:20 PM ESTFLASH FLOODFort Wayne, INNUMEROUS VEHICLES STALLED HIGH WATER. 1 FOOT TO 18 INCHES WATER AT CALHOON AND PAULDING STREETS.
Jun 13, 4:35 PM ESTFLASH FLOOD3 E Fort Wayne, IN1 INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTE. DOWNTOWN NEW HAVEN INTERSECTIONS FLOODED. TRAFFIC STALLED.
Jun 13, 4:35 PM ESTFLASH FLOODColumbia City, INNUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Jun 13, 4:37 PM ESTFLASH FLOODFort Wayne, INWASHINGTON CENTER AND COLDWATER ROAD INTERSECTION FLOODED. CARS ARE STALLED MAKING TRAFFIC IMPASSABLE.
Jun 13, 5:10 PM ESTFLASH FLOODFort Wayne, IN3 TO 3.5 FEET OF WATER STANDING AT ANTHONY BLVD AND LAKE AVE IN FORT WAYNE. 1 FOOT OF WATER ON BUTLER ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIWX 132031
FFWIWX
INC003-183-132330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
330 PM EST SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN INDIANA
  WHITLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 330 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH      
  WHITLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2  
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL    
  HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. 

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 4126 8565 4102 8565 4102 8534 4096 8531
          4097 8486 4127 8483

$$

HITCHCOCK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIWX 132138
FFSIWX
INC003-183-132330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
434 PM EST SUN JUN 13 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR ALLEN AND 
WHITLEY COUNTIES IN INDIANA...

AT 434 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH 
ALLEN AND WHITLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE. RADAR 
ESIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN 
WHITLEY AND ALLEN COUNTIES. 

AT 420 PM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF 
STREETS IN THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE. FLOODED ROADS WERE ALSO REPORTED 
IN WHITLEY COUNTY.    

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:25 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXCass, Miami2 hr
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, 3:57 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.