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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 4, 2006Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 2006, 6:12 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
Oct 4, 2006, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 4, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODFishers, IN131ST STREET FLOODED NEAR STATE ROAD 37.SEVERAL OTHER ROADS IN NEARBY AREA ALSO FLOODED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 715 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 042212
FFWIND
INC057-095-050115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
612 PM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  CARMEL TO CHESTERFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES
  NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 6 MILES EAST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FISHERS...PENDLETON...INGALLS AND MARKLEVILLE

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 31.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 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 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.

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 3994 8626 4013 8623 4021 8558 3996 8560
      3994 8589

$$

NIELD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 042316
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

INC057-095-050115-
HAMILTON-MADISON-
715 PM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 712 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF HAMILTON COUNTY. HIGH WATER MAY ALSO BE 
OCCURRING IN MADISON COUNTY AS WELL.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING 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 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 3994 8626 4013 8623 4021 8558 3996 8560
      3994 8589

$$

NIELD
000 
WGUS73 KIND 050055
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
855 PM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

INC057-095-050105-
HAMILTON-MADISON-
855 PM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HAMILTON AND
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...

STREET FLOODING HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3994 8626 4013 8623 4021 8558 3996 8560
      3994 8589

$$

NIELD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton41 min
Oct 4, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison35 min
Oct 4, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware37 min
Oct 4, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush49 min
Oct 4, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph39 min
Oct 4, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.