Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2007, 3:50 PM CDT for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 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, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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, 8.8 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 022054 FFWIND INC101-022345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 350 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 312 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. LAW ENFORCMENT REPORTED ROCKSLIDES AND WATER ACROSS THE ROADS ALONG EAST U.S. 50 NEAR THE MARION COUNTY STATE FOREST. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING UP TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE 12 PM CDT. 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. LAT...LON 3863 8693 3862 8670 3881 8670 3879 8693 $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIND 022237 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 INC101-022345- MARTIN- 530 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY... AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL HIGH WATER BEING REPORTED. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 4 FEET OF WATER ACROSS RED SCHOOL ROAD NEAR THE MARTIN STATE FOREST. MUDSLIDES WERE ALSO REPORTED NEAR THE MARTIN NATIONAL FOREST. LAT...LON 3863 8693 3862 8670 3881 8670 3879 8693 $$ KOCH
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, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 115 min |
| May 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.