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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 3, 20085 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2008, 6:38 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 112 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
Jul 3, 2008, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
112 min
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, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 032238
FFWIND
INC005-013-071-093-105-040030-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0065.080703T2238Z-080704T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
638 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS 
IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONESVILLE

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 61.

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 3886 8661 3905 8655 3911 8624 3911 8582
      3894 8582 3890 8639

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 032346
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
746 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008

INC005-013-071-093-105-040030-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080704T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MONROE-
746 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN LAWRENCE...NORTHERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHERN
BROWN AND SOUTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES...

AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITHIN THE WARNED 
AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 
BEDFORD TO SEYMOUR. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONESVILLE

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 3886 8661 3905 8655 3911 8624 3911 8582
      3894 8582 3890 8639

$$

CO
000 
WGUS73 KIND 040024
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
824 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008

INC005-013-071-093-105-040034-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080704T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MONROE-
824 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN 
LAWRENCE...NORTHERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHERN BROWN 
AND SOUTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES...


LAT...LON 3886 8661 3905 8655 3911 8624 3911 8582
      3894 8582 3890 8639

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDJennings114 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.