Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2005, 7:08 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2005, 7:08 PM EST (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2005, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elkhart County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:20 PM EST | FLOOD | 2 Se Goshen, IN | US 33 WATER OVER ROAD |
| Aug 8, 7:30 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Se Goshen, IN | COUNTY ROAD 31 AND US 33 AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ROAD IMPASSABLE IN PLACES DUE TO WATER OVER ROAD |
| Aug 8, 7:35 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | 6 Sse Goshen, IN | PUBLIC REPORT OF 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A 90 MINUTE PERIOD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 758 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 090011 FFWIWX INC039-090315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 708 PM EST MON AUG 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ELKHART COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 1015 PM EST * AT 704 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. LOCALLY 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 9 PM EST. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NEW PARIS...BENTON...WATERFORD MILLS AND THE CITY OF GOSHEN. STREAMS AND RIVERS LIKELY BEING AFFECTED INCLUDE ROCK RUN CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...HORN DITCH...AND SOLOMON CREEK 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 4144 8583 4145 8567 4169 8572 4164 8589 $$ FISHER
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIWX 090049 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 744 PM EST MON AUG 8 2005 INC039-090315- ELKHART IN- 744 PM EST MON AUG 8 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL ELKHART COUNTY... AT 744 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE SHIFTED NORTH TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF GOSHEN. AS OF 744 PM EST...THE GOSHEN AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 90 MINUTES. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS COUNTY ROAD 31 AND US 33 AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ROAD IMPASSABLE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW PARIS... MILLERSBURG AND GOSHEN. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4144 8583 4145 8567 4169 8572 4164 8589 $$ FISHER
000 WGUS73 KIWX 090211 FFSIWX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 906 PM EST MON AUG 8 2005 INC039-090216- ELKHART IN- 906 PM EST MON AUG 8 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ELKHART COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT AFFECTED SOUTHEAST ELKHART COUNTY AND PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD DISSIPATED SINCE 800 PM EST. THUS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS EARLIER FLOODED URBAN AREAS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF GOSHEN WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS SUCH...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4144 8583 4145 8567 4169 8572 4164 8589 $$ HOLSTEN
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.