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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 12, 2005Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2005, 8:29 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 1 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, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2005, 8:30 PM EST
In force
1 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 KIND 130130
FFWIND
INC027-101-130230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
829 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 930 PM EST

* AT 825 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     
  FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 231 FROM HEAVY RAINS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            
  ODON...ELNORA...FARLEN AND BRAMBLE.

3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST 
THREE HOURS.

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 3865 8694 3863 8673 3889 8671 3889 8692
      3887 8713 3874 8713

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 130226
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
924 PM EST TUE APR 12 2005

INC027-101-130234-
DAVIESS-MARTIN-
924 PM EST TUE APR 12 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND NORTHERN 
MARTIN COUNTIES IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

RAIN HAS EXITED NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES 
AND DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS WATER IS NO LONGER OVER HIGHWAY 
231. THUS THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3865 8694 3863 8673 3889 8671 3889 8692
      3887 8713 3874 8713

$$

PUMA

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.