Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2005, 8:56 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 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
- Jun 12, 2005, 8:56 PM EST (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2005, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 130156 FFWIND INC095-130400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 856 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON * UNTIL 1100 PM EST * AT 855 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUMMITVILLE...ORESTES...FRANKTON AND ALEXANDRIA. 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 3997 8583 3997 8556 4037 8558 4037 8584 $$ NIELD
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 130312 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1011 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 INC095-130400- MADISON- 1011 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR MADISON COUNTY... AT 1007 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF CHESTERFIELD. AREAS AROUND THE TOWN HALL WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED WITH ROADS UNDERWATER. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUMMITVILLE...ORESTES...FRANKTON AND ALEXANDRIA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. LAT...LON 3997 8583 3997 8556 4037 8558 4037 8584 $$ CO
000 WGUS73 KIND 130400 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1100 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 INC095-130410- MADISON- 1100 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1100 PM EST... LAT...LON 3997 8583 3997 8556 4037 8558 4037 8584 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 8:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 8:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 9:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware | 57 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.