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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 19, 2005Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2005, 5:58 PM EST for Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 62 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, 5:58 PM EST (22:58 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2005, 7:00 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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°0°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 192258
FFWIND
INC071-079-200100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 554 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEYMOUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH
  VERNON AND VERNON.

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 3912 8578 3902 8589 3902 8606 3880 8601
      3885 8573 3894 8548 3914 8549

$$

PUMA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 200007
FFSIND

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

INC071-079-200100-
JACKSON-JENNINGS-
707 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR EASTERN
JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES...

AT 705 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF VERNON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF
MADISON...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 3912 8578 3902 8589 3902 8606 3880 8601
      3885 8573 3894 8548 3914 8549

$$

PUMA
000 
WGUS73 KIND 200058
FFSIND

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

INC071-079-200107-
JACKSON-JENNINGS-
757 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 800 PM EST...

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

LAT...LON 3912 8578 3902 8589 3902 8606 3880 8601
      3885 8573 3894 8548 3914 8549

$$

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, 5:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGreene114 min
May 19, 5:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson37 min
May 19, 6:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.