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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 9, 2008Hancock County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2008, 4:38 PM EDT for Hancock County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 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 9, 2008, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2008, 6:54 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hancock County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 092038
FFWIND
INC059-095-100045-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0045.080609T2038Z-080610T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
438 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN
  HEIGHTS...SUMMITVILLE...RIVER FOREST...PENDLETON...ORESTES...
  MCCORDSVILLE...MARKLEVILLE...LAPEL...INGALLS...FRANKTON...
  FORTVILLE...EDGEWOOD...COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS...CHESTERFIELD AND
  RIGDON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 30.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 112.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

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 4039 8557 3980 8560 3979 8561 3979 8564
      3970 8565 3970 8597 3993 8595 3994 8587
      4040 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 180DEG 0KT 3989 8595

$$

NIELD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KIND 092154
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
552 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

INC059-095-100045-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080610T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HANCOCK-MADISON-
552 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
HANCOCK AND MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF 
THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN
HEIGHTS...SUMMITVILLE...RIVER FOREST...PENDLETON...ORESTES...
MCCORDSVILLE...MARKLEVILLE...LAPEL...INGALLS...FRANKTON...
FORTVILLE...EDGEWOOD...COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS...CHESTERFIELD AND
RIGDON.

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 4039 8557 3980 8560 3979 8561 3979 8564
      3970 8565 3970 8597 3993 8595 3994 8587
      4040 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 180DEG 0KT 3989 8595

$$

NIELD

000 
WGUS73 KIND 092254
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
654 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

INC059-095-092304-
/O.CAN.KIND.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080610T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HANCOCK-MADISON-
654 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HANCOCK AND MADISON
COUNTIES...

LAT...LON 4039 8557 3980 8560 3979 8561 3979 8564
      3970 8565 3970 8597 3993 8595 3994 8587
      4040 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 180DEG 0KT 3989 8595

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	29 min
Jun 9, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan	48 min
Jun 9, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	45 min
Jun 9, 2:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan and 2 more	4 hr
Jun 9, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	20 min
Jun 9, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	44 min
Jun 9, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	50 min
Jun 9, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	48 min
Jun 9, 4:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Morgan	3 hr
Jun 9, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion and 1 more	47 min
Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Johnson, Marion	3 hr
Jun 9, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	14 min
Jun 9, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	4 hr
Jun 9, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison	52 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby	64 min
Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	117 min
Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	45 min
Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	60 min
Jun 9, 5:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	4 hr
Jun 9, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen	43 min
Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess	12 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.