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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 10, 2005Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 10, 2005, 11:24 AM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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
Jan 10, 2005, 11:24 AM EST (16:24 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2005, 3:30 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 12:00Z on 2005-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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 101628
FFWIND
INC083-102030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1124 AM EST MON JAN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...
  SOUTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 1124 AM EST...A LEVEE AT THE DECKER CHAPEL AREA HAS FAILED   
CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS.

* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE DECKER CHAPEL.

LAT...LON 3866 8744 3853 8749 3844 8769 3863 8762

$$

HAINES
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 101733
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1233 PM EST MON JAN 10 2005

INC083-101743-
KNOX-
1233 PM EST MON JAN 10 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE REPORT OF A LEVEE FAILURE NEAR DECKER CHAPEL WAS IN ERROR.


LAT...LON 3866 8744 3853 8749 3844 8769 3863 8762

$$

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.