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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 10, 2006Montgomery County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2006, 7:01 PM EDT for Montgomery 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
May 10, 2006, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 102302
FFWIND
INC107-110200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
701 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 659 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WINGATE...WAYNETOWN...NEW RICHMOND...LINDEN AND DARLINGTON.

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 3990 8709 3989 8671 4022 8672 4022 8709

$$

CP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 110047
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
845 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

INC107-110200-
MONTGOMERY-
845 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

AT 839 PM EDT...RAIN HAS DIMINISHED FOR NOW OVER MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINGATE...
WAYNETOWN...NEW RICHMOND...LINDEN AND DARLINGTON.

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 3990 8709 3989 8671 4022 8672 4022 8709

$$

CP
000 
WGUS73 KIND 110151
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
951 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

INC107-110201-
MONTGOMERY-
951 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1000 PM
EDT...

LAT...LON 3990 8709 3989 8671 4022 8672 4022 8709

$$

CP

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.