Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2007, 5:50 PM EDT for Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2007, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 082151 FFWIND INC167-082245- /X.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0001.070908T2150Z-070908T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 550 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TERRE HAUTE... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT/545 PM CDT/ * AT 547 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST TERRE HAUTE AND NORTH TERRE HAUTE THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN. 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 3959 8752 3960 8724 3929 8730 3928 8755 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 180DEG 0KT 3945 8742 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KIND 082231 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 628 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 INC167-082245- /X.CON.KIND.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070908T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VIGO- 628 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT/545 PM CDT/ FOR VIGO COUNTY... AT 626 PM EDT...A TELEVISION STATION IN TERRE HAUTE REPORTED THERE WAS FLOODING ON SOME ROADS IN TERRE HAUTE. HIGH WATER MAY CONTINUE ESPECIALLY ON ROADS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST TERRE HAUTE...TERRE HAUTE AND NORTH TERRE HAUTE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3959 8752 3960 8724 3929 8730 3928 8755 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 180DEG 0KT 3945 8742 $$ HAINES
000 WGUS73 KIND 082244 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 642 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 INC167-082252- /X.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070908T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VIGO- 642 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 645 PM EDT/545 PM CDT/ FOR VIGO COUNTY... THE HEAVY RAIN THAT CAUSED THE FLASH FLOODING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. SOME PONDING OF WATER MAY CONTINUE ON ROADS AND PARKING LOTS. LAT...LON 3959 8752 3960 8724 3929 8730 3928 8755 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 180DEG 0KT 3945 8742 $$ HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2:32 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | Carroll, Howard | 7 hr |
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.