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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 12, 2005Clinton County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 12:15 AM EST for Clinton County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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 12, 2005, 12:15 AM EST (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2005, 4:15 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2005-01-12Temperature 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 2005-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 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 120515
FFWIND
INC023-067-159-120915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1215 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 415 AM EST

* AT 1211 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RUSSIAVILLE...ROSSVILLE...MULBERRY...MICHIGANTOWN...INDIAN
  HEIGHTS...GREENTOWN AND GALVESTON.

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 4020 8670 4021 8625 4040 8624 4040 8587
      4058 8587 4057 8638 4044 8637 4043 8670

$$
DRT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 120700
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
157 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005

INC023-067-159-120915-
CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-
157 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR EXTREME
NORTHERN TIPTON...CLINTON AND HOWARD COUNTIES...

AT 150 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA BUT THE STORMS WERE 
LESS NUMEROUS AND LESS INTENSE THAN THE TUESDAY EVENING STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RUSSIAVILLE...ROSSVILLE...KOKOMO...INDIAN HEIGHTS...GREENTOWN AND
GALVESTON.

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.

LAT...LON 4020 8670 4021 8625 4040 8624 4040 8587
      4058 8587 4057 8638 4044 8637 4043 8670

$$
DRT

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 11, 10:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison, Tipton3 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

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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.