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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 27, 2008Clay County, Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana

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.

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, 11.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo39 min
Jun 27, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo61 min
Jun 27, 6:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Warren119 min
Jun 27, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren39 min
Jun 27, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren52 min
Jun 27, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan41 min
Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen47 min
Jun 27, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe29 min
Jun 27, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Sullivan46 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.