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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 5, 20084 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2008, 8:56 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 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
Feb 5, 2008, 8:56 PM EST (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 474 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
387 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 060158
FFWIND
INC045-157-165-171-060600-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0007.080206T0156Z-080206T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
856 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE...
  NORTHWESTERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EST/MIDNIGHT CST/

* AT 852 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 
  APPROACHING AN INCH HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER ALREADY 
  SATURATED GROUND.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WILLIAMSPORT...MELLOTT...ATTICA...NEWTOWN...PINE VILLAGE...
  SHADELAND...OTTERBEIN...WEST LAFAYETTE...DAYTON AND BATTLE GROUND

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 162 AND 184.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

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.

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 4047 8753 4050 8741 4049 8712 4056 8712
      4057 8708 4056 8672 4028 8671 4022 8698
      4023 8709 4018 8710 3995 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 229DEG 62KT 4022 8729

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 8:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan38 min
Feb 5, 8:34 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan41 min
Feb 5, 8:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo44 min
Feb 5, 8:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen49 min
Feb 5, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Putnam50 min
Feb 5, 9:39 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Martin4 hr
Feb 5, 9:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more48 min
Feb 5, 10:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin45 min
Feb 5, 10:39 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence3 hr
Feb 5, 10:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson46 min
Feb 5, 11:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings45 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.