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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2005, 1:07 AM EST for Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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 21, 2005, 1:07 AM EST (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2005, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 53 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 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.1 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 210608 FFWIND INC045-157-171-210800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 107 AM EST THU JUL 21 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 300 AM EST * AT 102 AM 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 WEST LAFAYETTE...PINE VILLAGE...OTTERBEIN AND BATTLE GROUND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 $$ HAINES
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 210641 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 141 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005 INC045-157-171-210800- FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN- 141 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM EST FOR NORTHERN FOUNTAIN...WARREN AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES... AT 133 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST LAFAYETTE...PINE VILLAGE...OTTERBEIN...LAFAYETTE AND BATTLE GROUND. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 4019 8757 4024 8673 4056 8673 4054 8755 $$ HAINES
000 WGUS73 KIND 210757 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 256 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005 INC045-157-171-210806- FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN- 256 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN FOUNTAIN...WARREN AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 300 AM EST... SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA UNTIL SUNRISE BUT THE RAIN FROM THESE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. LAT...LON 4019 8757 4024 8673 4056 8673 4054 8755 $$ HAINES
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, 10:16 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, 11:41 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, 1:57 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.