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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 19, 2005Bartholomew County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2005, 5:04 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 116 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
May 19, 2005, 5:04 PM EST (22:04 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2005, 7:00 PM EST
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bartholomew County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2005-05-19Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 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 192205
FFWIND
INC005-200100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
504 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 501 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOPE.

OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. 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 3910 8606 3909 8591 3918 8575 3931 8577
      3928 8606

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 192305
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
603 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

INC005-200100-
BARTHOLOMEW-
603 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY...

AT 603 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOPE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF
MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG INTERSTATE 65 SOUTH 
OF COLUMBUS IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

THE STORM IS EXITING THE AREA. RUN OFF FROM THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE 
TO PRODUCE 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.

LAT...LON 3910 8606 3909 8591 3918 8575 3931 8577
      3928 8606

$$

PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam44 min
May 19, 1:57 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan, Putnam48 min
May 19, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin31 min
May 19, 2:31 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan44 min
May 19, 3:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Morgan35 min
May 19, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown24 min
May 19, 3:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMorgan2 hr
May 19, 3:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen29 min
May 19, 3:47 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur28 min
May 19, 4:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown113 min
May 19, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe36 min
May 19, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings35 min
May 19, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox46 min
May 19, 4:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings23 min
May 19, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe35 min
May 19, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe30 min
May 19, 4:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMonroe2 hr
May 19, 5:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence27 min
May 19, 5:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGreene114 min
May 19, 5:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson37 min
May 19, 5:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings62 min
May 19, 6:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.