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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 3, 2007Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2007, 4:05 PM EDT for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2007, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-399 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 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 032006
FFWIND
INC105-032200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
405 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3920 8670 3900 8669 3900 8637 3923 8639

$$

JAS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 032045
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
442 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

INC105-032200-
MONROE-
442 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 439 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT UP TO ONE AND ONE 
HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THE STORMS BEGAN EARLIER THIS 
AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO THE 
EAST...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
THROUGH 600 PM EDT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLOOMINGTON

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 3920 8670 3900 8669 3900 8637 3923 8639

$$

JAS
000 
WGUS73 KIND 032159
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
557 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

INC105-032207-
MONROE-
557 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN 
MONROE COUNTY...

LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE 
EARLY EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS 
ENDED.

LAT...LON 3920 8670 3900 8669 3900 8637 3923 8639

$$

JAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 12:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion35 min
Apr 3, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam33 min
Apr 3, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo30 min
Apr 3, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion45 min
Apr 3, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo38 min
Apr 3, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam49 min
Apr 3, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Owen19 min
Apr 3, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan63 min
Apr 3, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen48 min
Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin51 min
Apr 3, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe37 min
Apr 3, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox36 min
Apr 3, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence28 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.