Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2008, 2:01 AM EDT for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 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
- May 31, 2008, 2:01 AM EDT (06:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Allen County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KIWX 310605 FFWIWX INC003-311200- /O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0013.080531T0601Z-080531T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 201 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA * UNTIL 800 AM EDT * AT 200 AM EDT...HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER FLOODING FROM RUN-OFF OF THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TONIGHT HAS CAUSED SPY RUN TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. AT 200 AM SPY RUN WAS AT 11.4 FEET AND RISING. SPY RUN IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 12 FEET CAUSING FLOODING IN FRANKE PARK AND THE EASTBROOK AND WESTBROOK NEIGHBORHOODS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW HAVEN...HUNTERTOWN... AND FORT WAYNE LAT...LON 4124 8529 4123 8482 4097 8484 4099 8529 TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 180DEG 0KT 4106 8493 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KIWX 310909
FFSIWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
457 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
INC003-311200-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080531T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALLEN IN-
457 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
HAVEN AND FORT WAYNE.
FLOODING FROM THE OVERNIGHT DELUGE CONTINUES ALONG SPY RUN CREEK.
AT 400 AM THE STAGE OF THE CREEK WAS 12.45 FEET AND RISING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. THE CREEK IS NEAR CREST. CITY OFFICIALS
REPORT SOME FLOODED STREETS NEAR SPY RUN AND FLOODING IN FRANKE PARK.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
IF YOU HAVE FLOODING TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4099 8524 4117 8524 4118 8495 4098 8495
4098 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 180DEG 0KT 4106 8493
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | White | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 37 min |
| May 30, 11:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 31, 7:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 22 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.