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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 2008Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2008, 11:07 PM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2008, 11:07 PM EDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2008, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2538 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
2538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
14.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 040307
FFWIND
INC171-040430-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0021.080604T0307Z-080604T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1107 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT/1130 PM CDT/

* AT 1103 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
  VILLAGE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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 4048 8754 4048 8710 4041 8710 4038 8710
      4036 8714 4035 8720 4028 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 180DEG 0KT 4040 8743

$$

JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KIND 040425
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1225 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

INC171-040435-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080604T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN-
1225 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM EDT/1130 PM CDT/
FOR WARREN COUNTY...

THIS WARNING WILL BE REPLACED BY A NEW WARNING.

LAT...LON 4048 8754 4048 8710 4041 8710 4038 8710
      4036 8714 4035 8720 4028 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 180DEG 0KT 4040 8743

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry45 min
Jun 3, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby42 min
Jun 3, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan48 min
Jun 3, 9:04 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby56 min
Jun 3, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson52 min
Jun 3, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby44 min
Jun 3, 9:42 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Shelby31 min
Jun 3, 9:56 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDecatur15 min
Jun 3, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDRush2 hr
Jun 3, 11:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry49 min
Jun 4, 12:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren2 hr
Jun 4, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren45 min
Jun 4, 12:38 AM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren29 min
Jun 4, 12:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison49 min
Jun 4, 12:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Tippecanoe46 min
Jun 4, 1:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion96 min
Jun 4, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry46 min
Jun 4, 1:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam41 min
Jun 4, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph35 min
Jun 4, 1:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph93 min
Jun 4, 2:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam87 min
Jun 4, 2:43 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren3 hr
Jun 4, 2:52 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion3 hr
Jun 4, 3:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Marion87 min
Jun 4, 3:07 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph3 hr
Jun 4, 3:18 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Putnam, Vigo3 hr
Jun 4, 3:39 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam2 hr
Jun 4, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush48 min
Jun 4, 4:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHendricks, Marion2 hr
Jun 4, 5:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison2 hr
Jun 4, 5:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam24 min
Jun 4, 5:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDMarion94 min
Jun 4, 5:50 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 2 more30 hr
Jun 4, 5:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph30 hr
Jun 4, 6:16 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Hendricks, Johnson and 8 more24 hr
Jun 4, 6:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Clay, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 3 more97 min
Jun 4, 6:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Sullivan34 min
Jun 4, 6:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion and 1 more86 min
Jun 4, 7:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Monroe42 min
Jun 4, 7:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Hendricks, Johnson and 7 more2 hr
Jun 4, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson43 min
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison59 hr
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen5 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen6 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Owen12 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox15 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox14 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike16 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike17 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox19 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey18 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene64 hr
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby66 hr
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson3 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington13 days
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin11 days
Jun 4, 2:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison44 hr
Jun 4, 2:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion3 days
Jun 4, 2:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan46 hr
Jun 4, 2:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan3 days
Jun 4, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo40 min
Jun 4, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Vigo49 min
Jun 4, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe, Owen64 min
Jun 4, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo3 hr
Jun 4, 4:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo4 hr
Jun 4, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Greene, Jackson, Jennings and 3 more63 min
Jun 4, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam25 min
Jun 4, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Morgan34 min
Jun 4, 4:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Monroe, Morgan4 hr
Jun 4, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks20 min
Jun 4, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings4 hr
Jun 4, 6:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock and 7 more4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.