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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 12, 20055 counties in Indiana

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.

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°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 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

$$
DRT
1 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

$$
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, 12:15 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

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.