Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2005, 8:44 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2005, 8:44 PM EST (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2005, 11:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:25 PM EST | FLOOD | Indianapolis, IN | APPROXIMATELY 20 CARS STALLED IN HIGH WATER AT LAFAYETTE SQUARE MALL. RESCUE OF CAR STALLED IN HIGH WATER REPORTED AT 3400 FALCON DRIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1083 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 170147
FFWIND
INC097-170545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
844 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
* UNTIL 1245 AM EST
* AT 839 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLIAMS
CREEK...SPRING HILL...WYNNEDALE...ROCKY RIPPLE...NORTH CROWS
NEST...MERIDIAN HILLS...LAWRENCE...CROWS NEST AND CASTLETON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 10 PM. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR AND 2-3 INCHES SINCE 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 3982 8631 3975 8617 3972 8597 3993 8595
3992 8624
$$
CO3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KIND 170228
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
924 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
INC097-170545-
MARION-
924 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
MARION COUNTY...
AT 920 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER
AT LAFAYETTE SQUARE MALL WHERE APPROXIMATELY 20 CARS WERE STALLED IN
HIGH WATER. OTHER VEHICLES WERE REPORTEDLY STALLED IN HIGH WATER
ACROSS THE CITY.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA
BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CITY ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS OUT
ACROSS THE CITY ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLIAMS
CREEK...SPRING HILL...WYNNEDALE...ROCKY RIPPLE...NORTH CROWS NEST...
MERIDIAN HILLS...LAWRENCE...CROWS NEST AND CASTLETON.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3982 8631 3975 8617 3972 8597 3993 8595
3992 8624
$$000
WGUS73 KIND 170341
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1040 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
INC097-170545-
MARION-
1040 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
MARION COUNTY...
AT 1035 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS INCLUDING
CITY ROADWAYS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLIAMS
CREEK...SPRING HILL...WYNNEDALE...ROCKY RIPPLE...NORTH CROWS NEST...
MERIDIAN HILLS...LAWRENCE...CROWS NEST AND CASTLETON.
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.
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.
LAT...LON 3982 8631 3975 8617 3972 8597 3993 8595
3992 8624
$$
CO000
WGUS73 KIND 170542
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1241 AM EST SUN JUL 17 2005
INC097-170551-
MARION-
1241 AM EST SUN JUL 17 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARION COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1245
AM EST...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS MARION COUNTY HAS EXITED THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3982 8631 3975 8617 3972 8597 3993 8595
3992 8624
$$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.