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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2005, 3:41 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2005, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 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 192042 FFWIND INC109-192345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 341 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 645 PM EST * AT 337 PM EST...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARTINSVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. OVER TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. 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 3956 8665 3936 8662 3935 8624 3956 8630 $$ PUMA
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 192154 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 451 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 INC109-192345- MORGAN- 451 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY... AT 447 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING HAVE EXITED THE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF MARTINSVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS DUMPED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. THE RUN OFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3956 8665 3936 8662 3935 8624 3956 8630 $$ PUMA
000 WGUS73 KIND 192342 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 641 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 INC109-192351- MORGAN- 641 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM EST... STORMS HAVE EXITED THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3956 8665 3936 8662 3935 8624 3956 8630 $$ PUMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 44 min |
| May 19, 1:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan, Putnam | 48 min |
| May 19, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 31 min |
| May 19, 2:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 44 min |
| May 19, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 35 min |
| May 19, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 24 min |
| May 19, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 29 min |
| May 19, 3:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 28 min |
| May 19, 4:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown | 113 min |
| May 19, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 36 min |
| May 19, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 46 min |
| May 19, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| May 19, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 30 min |
| May 19, 4:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe | 2 hr |
| May 19, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 27 min |
| May 19, 5:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 116 min |
| May 19, 5:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene | 114 min |
| May 19, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 37 min |
| May 19, 5:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 62 min |
| May 19, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 46 min |
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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.