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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2005, 10:16 PM EST for Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 119 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
- Jul 20, 2005, 10:16 PM EST (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2005, 12:15 AM EST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 3584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 17.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 210317 FFWIND INC045-157-171-210615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1016 PM EST WED JUL 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 115 AM EST * AT 1011 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTTERBEIN...BATTLE GROUND AND LAFAYETTE. 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. 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 4019 8757 4024 8673 4056 8673 4054 8755 $$ SALLY
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIND 210416 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1115 PM EST WED JUL 20 2005 INC045-157-171-210615- FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN- 1115 PM EST WED JUL 20 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM EST FOR NORTHERN FOUNTAIN...WARREN AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES... AT 1114 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT SAGAMORE PARKWAY IN LAFAYETTE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST LAFAYETTE...PINE VILLAGE...OTTERBEIN...LAFAYETTE AND BATTLE GROUND. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN BEFORE MORE RAIN BEGINS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 4019 8757 4024 8673 4056 8673 4054 8755 $$ SALLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 10:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 10:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 11:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 12:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 1:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 1:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 2:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Tipton | 36 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.