Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 3:00 AM EST for 5 counties in 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, 3:00 AM EST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2005, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Howard County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 120805
FFWIND
INC023-035-067-095-159-121200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 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
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE
* UNTIL 700 AM EST
* AT 255 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED CONTINUED STREAM FLOODING...CLOSED ROADS
AND HIGH WATER IN MANY AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDFALL...
SUMMITVILLE...SHARPSVILLE...RUSSIAVILLE...ROSSVILLE...MULBERRY...
MICHIGANTOWN...MATTHEWS...INDIAN HEIGHTS...GREENTOWN...GASTON...
GALVESTON AND EATON.
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE FLOODING.
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 4021 8671 4023 8597 4017 8522 4042 8525
4059 8587 4058 8636 4044 8636 4043 8671
$$
DRT1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIND 121155
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
655 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005
INC023-035-067-095-159-121205-
CLINTON-DELAWARE-HOWARD-MADISON-TIPTON-
655 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHERN
MADISON...TIPTON...CLINTON AND HOWARD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 700 AM
EST...
AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
LAT...LON 4021 8671 4023 8597 4017 8522 4042 8525
4059 8587 4058 8636 4044 8636 4043 8671
$$
DRTThe 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, 1:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 117 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.