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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 21, 2005Montgomery County, Indiana

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3584 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2005-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 10:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe32 min
Jul 20, 10:16 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren119 min
Jul 20, 10:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery40 min
Jul 20, 11:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Marion35 min
Jul 20, 11:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion3 hr
Jul 20, 11:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam28 min
Jul 21, 12:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan34 min
Jul 21, 1:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren53 min
Jul 21, 1:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery48 min
Jul 21, 6:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Tipton36 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.