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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 8, 2008Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 4:18 AM ESTFlood WatchINDCarroll, Howard, Tippecanoe, Warren15 hr
Jan 8, 6:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White8 days
Jan 8, 6:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll3 hr
Jan 8, 5:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin32 min
Jan 8, 6:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe115 min
Jan 8, 6:31 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Monroe119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.