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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 2005Madison County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 336 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
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

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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.

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, 8:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone3 hr
Jun 12, 8:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton53 min
Jun 12, 9:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware57 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.