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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2005, 5:20 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 115 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
- Sep 19, 2005, 5:20 PM EST (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2005, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 545 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 192221 FFWIND INC157-200115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 520 PM EST MON SEP 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 815 PM EST * AT 513 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA IN THE LAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 4053 8709 4051 8670 4057 8670 4058 8710 $$ JOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 200026 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 724 PM EST MON SEP 19 2005 INC157-200115- TIPPECANOE- 724 PM EST MON SEP 19 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY... AT 719 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY NEAR THE WHITE COUNTY BORDER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS COULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 4053 8709 4051 8670 4057 8670 4058 8710 $$ JOHNSON
000 WGUS73 KIND 200113 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 813 PM EST MON SEP 19 2005 INC157-200123- TIPPECANOE- 813 PM EST MON SEP 19 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM EST... NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. LAT...LON 4053 8709 4051 8670 4057 8670 4058 8710 $$ DRT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 8:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 41 min |
| Sep 19, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 5:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll | 23 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 39 min |
| Sep 19, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 53 min |
| Sep 19, 5:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll | |
| Sep 19, 5:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll | 66 min |
| Sep 19, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 48 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.