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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 11, 2005Delaware County, Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 11, 2005, 10:20 PM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2005, 10:20 PM EST (03:20 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2005, 1:15 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 269 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-697 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 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
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 120323
FFWIND
INC035-095-159-120615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1020 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 115 AM EST

* AT 1014 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER           
  FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADWAYS IN NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY.
  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INCH TO AN INCH AN A QUARTER HAS FALLEN
  ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 7 PM...AND THE THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDFALL...
  SUMMITVILLE...SHARPSVILLE...MATTHEWS...GASTON...EATON AND ALBANY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

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 4023 8625 4024 8521 4039 8522 4040 8626

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 10:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren3 hr
Jan 12, 12:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClinton, Howard, Tipton4 hr
Jan 12, 12:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDRandolph3 hr
Jan 12, 1:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison117 min
Jan 12, 3:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Tipton4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2005Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.