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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2005, 11:41 PM EST for 4 counties in 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
- Jul 20, 2005, 11:41 PM EST (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2005, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 210442
FFWIND
INC011-057-063-097-210845-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1141 PM EST WED JUL 20 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
* UNTIL 345 AM EST
* AT 1141 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
WESTFIELD...ULEN...THORNTOWN...SHERIDAN...NOBLESVILLE...
LEBANON...CICERO...INDIANAPOLIS AND ARCADIA.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN
HOUR.
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.
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 4018 8590 3994 8589 3994 8593 3992 8595
3966 8598 3966 8666 4018 8668
$$
SALLY1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIND 210612
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
110 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005
INC011-057-063-097-210620-
BOONE-HAMILTON-HENDRICKS-MARION-
110 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HENDRICKS...MARION...BOONE AND
HAMILTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT BUT
THE RAIN FROM THESE SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4018 8590 3994 8589 3994 8593 3992 8595
3966 8598 3966 8666 4018 8668
$$
HAINESThe 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, 10:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 119 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, 11:58 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 |
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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.