Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

Issued

Jan 12, 2005, 1:40 AM EST (06:40 UTC)

Expired

Jan 12, 2005, 7:45 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Northern Indiana

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blackford County, IN, Grant County, IN, Jay County, IN

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000 
WGUS53 KIWX 120647
FFWIWX
INC009-053-075-121245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
140 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JAY COUNTY IN INDIANA
  BLACKFORD COUNTY IN INDIANA
  GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 745 AM EST

* AT 135 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 
WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...PORTLAND...HARTFORD 
CITY...MARION...UPLAND...AND REDKEY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW AND ICE MELT TO PRODUCE 
EXTREME AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 4066 8583 4043 8582 4032 8483 4057 8484
      4058 8544 4067 8550

$$

HITCHCOCK

000 
WGUS73 KIWX 120916
FFSIWX
INC009-053-075-121245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
407 AM EST WED JAN 12 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR

  BLACKFORD COUNTY IN INDIANA
  GRANT COUNTY IN INDIANA
  JAY COUNTY IN INDIANA

UNTIL 745 AM EST...

AT 400 AM COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA WITH NUMEROUS FLOODED AND CLOSED ROADS. PORTIONS OF 
STATE ROUTES 26...13...5...AND 1 WERE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED DUE TO 
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE ALSO CLOSED IN THE 
AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 
MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL. ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE MORE 
PERSISTENT SHOWERS. HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW AND 
ICE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN
INDIANA.

$$

HITCHCOCK

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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.