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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2005, 6:37 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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
- Apr 12, 2005, 6:37 PM EST (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2005, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -222 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 KIND 122337
FFWIND
INC027-101-130130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
637 PM EST TUE APR 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 830 PM EST
* AT 636 PM EST...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM A THUNDERSTORM
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ODON...
ELNORA...BRAMBLE AND CRANE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3873 8710 3866 8696 3864 8673 3889 8675
3890 8711
$$
PUMA1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIND 130044
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
741 PM EST TUE APR 12 2005
INC027-101-130130-
DAVIESS-MARTIN-
741 PM EST TUE APR 12 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN
DAVIESS AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES...
AT 737 PM EST...A THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS HAD
EXITED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME AREAS IN
NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ODON...ELNORA
AND CRANE. RADAR INDICATES THAT HIGHWAY 231 NEAR BRAMBLE AND BURNS
CITY HAVE RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3873 8710 3866 8696 3864 8673 3889 8675
3890 8711
$$
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.