Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2005, 2:18 AM EST for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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, 2:18 AM EST (07:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2005, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 210718 FFWIND INC107-210845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 218 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE * UNTIL 345 AM EST * AT 213 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 WINGATE... WAYNETOWN...NEW RICHMOND...LINDEN AND DARLINGTON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 3992 8709 3991 8675 4020 8677 4018 8711 $$ HAINES
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIND 210845 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 344 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005 INC107-210854- MONTGOMERY- 344 AM EST THU JUL 21 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345 AM EST... SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA UNTIL SUNRISE BUT THE RAIN FROM THESE WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. LAT...LON 3992 8709 3991 8675 4020 8677 4018 8711 $$ 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, 1:07 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, 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.