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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 24, 2005Delaware County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2005, 3:51 AM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 114 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, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2005, 5:45 AM EST
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Delaware County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 24, 4:00 AM EST	FLASH FLOOD	Muncie, IN	SEVERAL CITY STREETS IN MUNCIE UNDERWATER.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 240852
FFWIND
INC035-241145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE

* UNTIL 645 AM EST

* AT 346 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY.

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

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR OVER SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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.

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

LAT...LON 4024 8558 4009 8557 4008 8555 4009 8545
      4008 8533 4009 8522 4023 8522

$$

JOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KIND 240932
FFSIND

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

INC035-241145-
DELAWARE-
430 AM EST SAT SEP 24 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EST FOR
SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY...

AT 424 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MUNCIE. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YORKTOWN...
SELMA AND MUNCIE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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.

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

LAT...LON 4024 8558 4009 8554 4008 8555 4009 8545
      4008 8533 4009 8522 4023 8522

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WGUS73 KIND 241123
FFSIND

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

INC035-241133-
DELAWARE-
623 AM EST SAT SEP 24 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4024 8558 4009 8554 4008 8555 4009 8545
      4008 8533 4009 8522 4023 8522

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 24, 3:41 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Morgan	64 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.