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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 2005Boone County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2005, 8:32 PM EST for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 12, 2005, 8:32 PM EST (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2005, 11:30 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Boone County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 00:00Z, 1.5 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 130133
FFWIND
INC011-130530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
832 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1230 AM EST

* AT 829 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WHITESTOWN...ULEN...THORNTOWN...LEBANON AND ADVANCE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3994 8625 4017 8626 4018 8665 3995 8668

$$

NIELD
4 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 130203
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
903 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

INC011-130530-
BOONE-
903 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EST FOR BOONE
COUNTY...

AT 900 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ULEN AND
THORNTOWN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3994 8625 4017 8626 4018 8665 3995 8668

$$

NIELD
000 
WGUS73 KIND 130248
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
948 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

INC011-130530-
BOONE-
948 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EST FOR BOONE
COUNTY...

AT 944 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT STATE 
HIGHWAY 32 AND 700 E IN BOONE COUNTY WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ULEN AND
THORNTOWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

LAT...LON 3994 8625 4017 8626 4018 8665 3995 8668

$$

CO
000 
WGUS73 KIND 130356
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1056 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

INC011-130406-
BOONE-
1056 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3994 8625 4017 8626 4018 8665 3995 8668

$$
CO
000 
WGUS73 KIND 130457
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1157 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

INC011-130507-
BOONE-
1157 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3994 8625 4017 8626 4018 8665 3995 8668

$$

CO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:22 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock, Shelby38 min
Jun 12, 7:24 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush42 min
Jun 12, 7:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby45 min
Jun 12, 8:09 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison51 min
Jun 12, 8:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton53 min
Jun 12, 8:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison64 min
Jun 12, 9:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware57 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.