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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 19, 2005Greene County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2005, 5:21 PM EST for Greene County, Indiana. It was in force for 114 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, 5:21 PM EST (22:21 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2005, 7:15 PM EST
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2005-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 192221
FFWIND
INC055-200115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 518 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF BLOOMFIELD...OR
  ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN EASTERN PARTS OF GREENE 
COUNTY. MORE RAINFALL EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR 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 3894 8724 3894 8675 3912 8676 3913 8723

$$

PUMA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 192317
FFSIND

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

INC055-200115-
GREENE-
617 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
GREENE COUNTY...

AT 616 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMFIELD...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF
BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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 3894 8724 3894 8675 3912 8676 3913 8723

$$

PUMA
000 
WGUS73 KIND 200113
FFSIND

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

INC055-200122-
GREENE-
812 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815
PM EST...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER 
EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3894 8724 3894 8675 3912 8676 3913 8723

$$

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, 5:04 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew116 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.