Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2008, 7:35 PM EDT for Clay County, Sullivan County, Vigo County, 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
- Jun 27, 2008, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIND 272335 FFWIND INC021-153-167-280130- /O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0064.080627T2335Z-080628T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 735 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TERRE HAUTE... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT/830 PM CDT/ * AT 732 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 WEST TERRE HAUTE...STAUNTON AND SEELYVILLE THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 20. TORRENTIAL FLOODING RAINS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS FLOODING OCCURRING IN TERRE HAUTE FROM THESE STORMS. 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 3951 8753 3955 8714 3919 8721 3923 8755 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KIND 280126 FFSIND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 926 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 INC021-153-167-280136- /O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080628T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLAY-SULLIVAN-VIGO- 926 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT/830 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...WESTERN CLAY AND VIGO COUNTIES... LAT...LON 3951 8753 3955 8714 3919 8721 3923 8755 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 119 min |
| Jun 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 46 min |
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.