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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 19, 2005Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2005, 5:54 PM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 66 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, 5:54 PM EST (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2005, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 192254
FFWIND
INC015-200100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
554 PM EST MON SEP 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 549 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DELPHI.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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.

LAT...LON 4064 8678 4059 8678 4051 8670 4057 8646
      4061 8657

$$

JOHNSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KIND 200028
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
727 PM EST MON SEP 19 2005

INC015-200100-
CARROLL-
727 PM EST MON SEP 19 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR
CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY...

AT 723 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN TONIGHT ACROSS WEST 
CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF DELPHI.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DELPHI.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. 

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 4064 8678 4059 8678 4051 8670 4057 8646
      4061 8657

$$

JOHNSON

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, 5:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	115 min
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, 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

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.