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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 2, 2007Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2007, 4:55 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2007, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 5:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD12 Sw Bedford, INRAINFALL UP TO 4 INCHES IN TWO HOURS FLOODED LOCAL LOGGING ROAD SOUTH OF HURON.

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2007-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KIND 022057
FFWIND
INC093-030030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
455 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 412 PM EDT...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.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER IS ESTIMATING OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 PM EDT ACROSS EXTREME PARTS OF SOUTHERN LAWRENCE 
COUNTY.

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 3868 8669 3869 8632 3880 8631 3883 8670

$$

KOCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 022239
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
638 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007

INC093-030030-
LAWRENCE-
638 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN THE 
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...THERE MAY STILL BE HIGH WATER ALONG 
ROADWAYS AND NEAR CREEKS THROUGH 830 PM EDT 

LAT...LON 3868 8669 3869 8632 3880 8631 3883 8670

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Martin39 min
May 2, 3:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence2 hr
May 2, 3:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDMartin115 min
May 2, 4:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDMartin3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.