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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2008, 6:50 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 12, 2008, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KIND 122250
FFWIND
INC107-130145-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0069.080712T2250Z-080713T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
650 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS EVENING AND WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAYNETOWN
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 45.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 4010 8670 4002 8671 4001 8671 3988 8671
3988 8710 4010 8710
$$
502 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KIND 122350
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
750 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008
INC107-130145-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080713T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY-
750 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SINCE 530 PM. FORTUNATELY...THE HEAVIEST
RAINS HAVE NOW MOVED SOUTH OF THIS AREAA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAYNETOWN AND
CRAWFORDSVILLE
PERSONS CAN EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT
DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 4010 8670 4002 8671 4001 8671 3988 8671
3988 8710 4010 8710
$$
JH000
WGUS73 KIND 130145
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
945 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008
INC107-130155-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080713T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY-
945 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY...
HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4010 8670 4002 8671 4001 8671 3988 8671
3988 8710 4010 8710
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Parke | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Rush and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 7:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 116 min |
| Jul 12, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo | 3 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.