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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 2008, 9:12 AM EST for Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2008, 9:12 AM EST (14:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 081415
FFWIND
INC015-157-081815-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0002.080108T1412Z-080108T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
912 AM EST TUE JAN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EST
* AT 908 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YEOMAN...
CEDAR POINT AND GOLDEN HILL
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE MAJOR FLOODING OF
THE TIPPECANOE RIVER AND ITS FEEDER STREAMS...NEARBY COUNTRY
ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND NEAR THE RIVER AND STREAMS IN CARROLL
COUNTY AND CARRY INTO NORTHEAST TIPPECANOE COUNTY NEAR AMERICUS.
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 4073 8675 4075 8675 4075 8653 4070 8653
4070 8638 4065 8638 4058 8670 4053 8670
4053 8677 4073 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1412Z 180DEG 0KT 4060 8665
$$
DRTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 4:18 AM EST | Flood Watch | IND | Carroll, Howard, Tippecanoe, Warren | 15 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 8 days |
| Jan 8, 6:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 32 min |
| Jan 8, 6:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 115 min |
| Jan 8, 6:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 119 min |
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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.