Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 2008, 6:20 PM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 115 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
- Jan 8, 2008, 6:20 PM EST (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 082320
FFWIND
INC027-055-093-101-105-090115-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0003.080108T2320Z-080109T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
620 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD...
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON...
EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EST
* AT 616 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHOALS...
OOLITIC...ODON...MITCHELL...LOOGOOTEE...ELLETTSVILLE...CRANE...
CANNELBURG AND ALFORDSVILLE
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
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 3890 8700 3899 8689 3917 8672 3917 8670
3929 8667 3931 8641 3901 8640 3899 8629
3870 8633 3869 8670 3854 8671 3852 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 180DEG 0KT 3840 8696
$$The 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, 9:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 32 min |
| Jan 8, 6:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 119 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.