Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2005, 4:30 PM EST for Marshall County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 16, 2005, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2005, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Marshall County, IN, Starke County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 KIWX 162137
FFWIWX
INC099-149-170130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
430 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN INDIANA
EASTERN STARKE COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 830 PM EST
* AT 430 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER EASTERN
STARKE COUNTY AND WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...KNOX...KOONTZ LAKE...HAMLET....OAK
GROVE...WINONA...CULVER...AND BASS LAKE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AND 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY FALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THE
COMBINATION OF VERY HARD AND DRY GROUND ALONG WITH THE EXTREME
RAIN RATES WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
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. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4116 8679 4118 8637 4148 8623 4147 8652
4133 8669
$$2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KIWX 162248
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
545 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
INC099-149-170130-
MARSHALL IN-STARKE IN-
545 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR STARKE AND
MARSHALL COUNTIES...
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KNOX...
WINONA...BASS LAKE...ALDINE...BURR OAK AND CULVER.
AT 545 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
WEAKENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER STARKE AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONLY A QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT JUST FELL WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL
AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4
INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER EASTERN STARKE COUNTY SINCE 300 PM EST...AND
UP TO 2 INCHES IN WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IF YOU OBSERVE HIGH WATER OR ANY TYPE OF FLOODING...YOU CAN CALL
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4116 8679 4118 8637 4148 8623 4147 8652
4133 8669
$$
SLL000
WGUS73 KIWX 162333
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
630 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
INC099-149-162340-
MARSHALL IN-STARKE IN-
630 PM EST SAT JUL 16 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STARKE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND LAW ENFORECEMENT
INDICATES NO PROBLEMS DUE TO RUNOFF OR HIGH WATER.
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG HIGHWAY 23 NEAR OAK GROVE
AND OBER. IF YOU EXPERIENCED ANY HIGH WATER OR FLOODED COUNTY
ROADS...PLEASE RELAY THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4116 8679 4118 8637 4148 8623 4147 8652
4133 8669
$$
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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.