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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 2008Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2008, 12:19 AM EDT for Monroe 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
Jun 7, 2008, 12:19 AM EDT (04:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2008, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2008-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 804 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 2008-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
804 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 070422
FFWIND
INC105-070815-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0036.080607T0419Z-080607T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1219 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT

* AT 1218 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH COMBINED WITH WHAT HAS 
  ALREADY FALLEN WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  BLOOMINGTON...STINESVILLE AND ELLETTSVILLE.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3899 8670 3933 8669 3933 8639 3925 8639
      3924 8639 3918 8639 3918 8638 3905 8638
      3904 8633 3899 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 180DEG 0KT 3921 8650

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 070615
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
213 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

INC105-070815-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080607T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE-
213 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR
MONROE COUNTY...

AT 211 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS 
FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF MONROE 
COUNTY. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STINESVILLE
AND ELLETTSVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3899 8670 3933 8669 3933 8639 3925 8639
      3924 8639 3918 8639 3918 8638 3905 8638
      3904 8633 3899 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 180DEG 0KT 3921 8650

$$

KOCH
000 
WGUS73 KIND 070812
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
410 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

INC105-070820-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080607T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE-
410 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM EDT/315 AM CDT/ FOR
MONROE COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE BY MID MORNING. A NEW 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED INCLUDING MONROE COUNTY THROUGH
10 AM EDT. 

LAT...LON 3899 8670 3933 8669 3933 8639 3925 8639
      3924 8639 3918 8639 3918 8638 3905 8638
      3904 8633 3899 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 180DEG 0KT 3921 8650

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Monroe, Owen, Putnam50 min
Jun 6, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam45 min
Jun 6, 9:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo4 hr
Jun 6, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson30 min
Jun 6, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Shelby15 min
Jun 6, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe40 min
Jun 7, 1:13 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Morgan, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan and 1 more3 hr
Jun 7, 4:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 4 more18 hr
Jun 7, 8:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Johnson, Rush, Shelby13 hr
Jun 7, 8:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Fountain, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Montgomery and 4 more4 hr
Jun 7, 8:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene5 days
Jun 7, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam4 hr
Jun 7, 12:19 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe and 2 more3 hr
Jun 7, 1:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam6 hr
Jun 7, 3:28 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry and 3 more3 hr
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren4 days
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson68 hr
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike8 days
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMontgomery, Parke30 hr
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby19 hr
Jun 7, 7:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam15 hr

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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.