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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 8, 20086 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 2008, 8:19 PM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2008, 8:19 PM EST (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2008, 11:15 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 8, 9:21 PM ESTFLASH FLOODW Seymour, INWATER AS HIGH AS TWO FEET OVER SOME ROADWAYS. MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDING SR 258 BETWEEN COURTLAND AND FREETOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 428 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
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
454 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 090119
FFWIND
INC005-013-071-093-101-105-090415-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0005.080109T0119Z-080109T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
819 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS...
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 817 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TAYLORSVILLE...OOLITIC...NASHVILLE...JONESVILLE...HOPE...
  ELIZABETHTOWN...CLIFFORD AND BROWNSTOWN

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.

LAT...LON 3880 8682 3892 8668 3921 8669 3931 8633
      3934 8571 3914 8570 3913 8580 3908 8585
      3878 8585 3877 8630 3870 8633 3869 8670
      3855 8673 3853 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 180DEG 0KT 3886 8645

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 10:31 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDRandolph119 min
Jan 8, 11:44 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Owen6 days
Jan 8, 11:44 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox6 days
Jan 8, 11:44 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike7 days
Jan 9, 7:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby53 hr
Jan 9, 7:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington5 days
Jan 9, 7:05 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Daviess, Gibson, Jackson, Knox, Pike180 days
Jan 9, 1:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson71 hr
Jan 9, 1:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison42 hr
Jan 9, 1:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison46 hr
Jan 9, 1:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox6 days
Jan 9, 1:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike9 days
Jan 9, 1:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox10 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.