Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2007, 2:50 PM CDT for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 115 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2007, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Shoals, IN | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 4 FEET OF WATER OVER RED SCHOOL ROAD.THE ROAD WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THERE WAS ALSO WATER OVER U.S. 50 EAST AND MUDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES IN THE MARTIN COUNTY STATE FOREST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 KIND 021952 FFWIND INC101-022145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 250 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THE AREA AT GREATEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING INCLUDES U.S. 50 FROM SHOALS NORTHEAST TO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY LINE. 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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. 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 3863 8693 3862 8670 3881 8670 3879 8693 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 39 min |
| May 2, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 2 hr |
| May 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 4 hr |
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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.