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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 28, 2007Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2007, 5:16 PM EDT for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 89 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
May 28, 2007, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 423 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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 282119
FFWIND
INC135-282245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
516 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYNN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
  NORTH OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 
RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 
ACROSS SOME AREAS ALONG US 36 BETWEEN MODOC AND LYNN. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 4001 8509 4011 8508 4012 8481 4002 8482

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 282214
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
611 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2007

INC135-282245-
RANDOLPH-
611 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY...

AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED WEST OF LYNN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF CENTERVILLE...AND 
WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. 

THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER 
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 
OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.

DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY 
NEAR DITCHES WITH HIGH WATER OR NEAR CULVERTS.

LAT...LON 4001 8509 4011 8508 4012 8481 4002 8482

$$
000 
WGUS73 KIND 282246
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
645 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2007

INC135-282255-
RANDOLPH-
645 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH
COUNTY...

NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS 
ENDED.

LAT...LON 4001 8509 4011 8508 4012 8481 4002 8482

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.