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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 12, 2005Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 1:03 AM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 117 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: Jan 12, 2005, 1:03 AM EST (06:03 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2005, 3:00 AM EST
In force: 117 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 120604
FFWIND
INC035-095-120800-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM EST

* AT 1258 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED CONTINUED FLASH    
  FLOODING IN THE BALL STATE AREA AND IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA.

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

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 8584 4017 8522 4040 8525 4040 8585

$$
DRT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KIND 120653
FFSIND

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

INC035-095-120800-
DELAWARE-MADISON-
151 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
DELAWARE AND NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 145 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS OVER MADISON AND DELAWARE 
COUNTY. STREET FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AROUND THE MUNCIE AREA 
AND ALEXANDRIA.

USE EXTREME CAUTION IF DRIVING TONIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER 
FLOODING THE ROAD...IT MAY WASH YOU AWAY.

LAT...LON 4020 8584 4017 8522 4040 8525 4040 8585

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 10:13 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	3 hr
Jan 11, 10:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Tipton	3 hr
Jan 12, 12:15 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	4 hr
Jan 12, 12:26 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Randolph	3 hr
Jan 12, 3:00 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Tipton	4 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.