Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 Sw Bedford, IN | RAINFALL 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 39 min |
| May 2, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 2 hr |
| May 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 115 min |
| May 2, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.