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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 24, 2005Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2005, 3:41 AM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2005, 3:41 AM EST (08:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2005, 4:45 AM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 24, 3:45 AM ESTFLASH FLOOD1 N Martinsville, INRIVER BANK BROKEN ON WHITE RIVER ON BLUE BLUFF ROAD. PEOPLE EVACUATED VIA WATER RESCUE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2005-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2005-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 240841
FFWIND
INC109-241045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
341 AM EST SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 545 AM EST

* AT 336 AM EST...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM
  OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  HART...BROOKLYN AND BETHANY.

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.

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 3959 8659 3936 8660 3937 8628 3961 8631

$$

JP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 240922
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
420 AM EST SAT SEP 24 2005

INC109-241045-
MORGAN-
420 AM EST SAT SEP 24 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM EST FOR
MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 418 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
FLASH FLOODING NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE HART...
BROOKLYN AND BETHANY.

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL 
MORGAN COUNTY OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED THE AREA...HOWEVER RUN OFF 
FROM THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 

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.

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.

LAT...LON 3959 8659 3936 8660 3937 8628 3961 8631

$$

JP
000 
WGUS73 KIND 241044
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
543 AM EST SAT SEP 24 2005

INC109-241053-
MORGAN-
543 AM EST SAT SEP 24 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545 AM EST...

THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE FLASH FLOODING HAS DISSIPATED...THUS THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3959 8659 3936 8660 3937 8628 3961 8631

$$

JP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 3:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware114 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.