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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 20, 1987Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 1987, 4:00 PM EST for Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 1987, 4:00 PM EST (21:00 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 1987, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 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 
TTAA00 KIND 202102
FFWIND
INC105-119-202300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 PM EST WED MAY 20 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL INDIANA  OWEN AND MONROE

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.

AT 355 PM EST LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL FROM STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMINGTON AND WEST INTO OWEN COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF OVER
TWO INCHES IN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT AND PRACAUTIONS
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE,
RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY SWEEP YOU AWAY.

DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM OPEN STORM DRAINS...
WATER CATCHMENTS...STREAMS AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW, GENTLY FLOWING
WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

EDWARDS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 10:21 AM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1015 AM EST WED MAY 20 1987

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FIRE UP OVER CENTRAL INDIANA.

AT 1010 AM EST A THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OVER DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
HOWEVER THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH
OF INDIANAPOLIS...SOUTH OF SHERIDAN AND ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS...EAST OF FRANKFORT.

ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL PRODUCE DRENCHING RAINS AND CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS CROSSED INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
EAST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE.

A NEW DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES NORTHWIEST OF INDIANPOLIS
SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE.
EDWARDS

Local storm report, May 20, 12:16 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1215PM EST WED MAY 20 1987

1203 PM EST  SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE
             REPORTED BY THE CITY POLICE AT CRAWFORDSVILLE.

CURRAN

Special weather statement, May 20, 1:19 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
120 PM EST WED MAY 20 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 6PM EST FOR A LARGE
PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH EAST INDIANA.

THE STATE POLICE AT TERRE HAUTE REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50
MILES AN HOUR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. STRONG STORMS
ARE MOVING ACROSS THIS REGION AND PERSONS IN WESTERN PARKE COUNTY
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POTENTIAL OF SEVERE STORMS BETWE	EN 120PM AND
200PM EST.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE.

ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
EDWARDS

Local storm report, May 20, 3:34 PM EST, 26 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1215PM EST WED MAY 20 1987

315 PM EST  NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT MONROE RESERVIOR SOUTHERN
            MONROE COUNTY.

HAINES

Local storm report, May 20, 3:47 PM EST, 13 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
347 PM EST WED MAY 20 1987

345 PM EST  PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL CENTRAL BLOOMINGTON IN MONROE
            COUNTY REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO.

HAINES

Local storm report, May 20, 3:54 PM EST, 6 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
353 PM EST WED MAY 20 1987

350 PM EST  TREES AND LIMBS REPORTED DOWN IN SWOUTH WEST BLOOMINGTON
            INDIANA.  REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS. THE POWER
            IS ALSO REPORTED OUT IN PARTS OF THE CITY.
CURRAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 9:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Perry, Spencer	38 min
May 20, 11:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Montgomery	57 min
May 20, 12:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery	35 min
May 20, 1:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	52 min
May 20, 2:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Owen	47 min
May 20, 3:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe	35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1987 Every flash flood warning in 1987

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.