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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 27, 2008Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2008, 3:05 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2008, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 27, 3:50 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 N Mitchell, IN	WATER WAS COVERING ONE LANE EACH WAY ON STATE ROAD 37 BETWEEN MITCHELL AND BEDFORD NEAR THE MARION TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 232 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 271906
FFWIND
INC093-272200-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0013.080527T1905Z-080527T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 302 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.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 
RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY ALONG STATE ROAD 37 BETWEEN 
BEDFORD AND MITCHELL. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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 3874 8632 3875 8634 3876 8653 3883 8655
      3884 8629 3879 8628 3878 8629 3877 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 180DEG 0KT 3880 8644

$$

JOHNSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KIND 272000
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
355 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008

INC093-272200-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080527T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE-
355 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 350 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  WATER 
WAS COVERING ONE LANE EACH WAY ON STATE ROAD 37 BETWEEN MICHELL AND 
BEDFORD NEAR THE MARION TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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.

LAT...LON 3874 8632 3875 8634 3876 8653 3883 8655
      3884 8629 3879 8628 3878 8629 3877 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 180DEG 0KT 3880 8644

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 4:36 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Hamilton and 13 more	5 hr
May 27, 3:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Jackson	4 hr
May 27, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	5 hr
May 27, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	23 min
May 27, 4:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	5 hr
May 27, 7:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Jackson	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.