Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1987, 8:35 PM EST for Clay County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1987, 8:35 PM EST (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1987, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, IN, Vigo 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 070133 FFWIND INC167-021-119-070400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION AND IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 835 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... VIGO...CLAY AND OWEN AT 830 PM EST A TELEVISION WEATHERCASTER REPORTED OTTER CREEK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TERRE HAUTE WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS. THE ELM GROVE TRAILER COURT WAS EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER AND SOME EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRING. AT 830 PM EST RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF WEST CENTAL INDIANA...BUT ADDITIONAL RAIN IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. TAKE NECESSARY . DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. IF CAUBGHT IN RISING WATER...ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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, Jul 6, 4:05 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SUMMARY OF WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 403 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 HERE IS A SUMMARY OF WEATHER WATCHES NOW IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE TERRE HAUTE... INDIANAPOLIS...RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...VERSAILLES ...SALEM AND NEW ALBANY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...COLUMBUS...SULLIVAN AND VINCENNES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 530 PM. THIS MEANS FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURING IN GREENE COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO THIS SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STGATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:44 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 445 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST THIS EVENING. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE INDIANAPOLIS BLOOMINGTON COLUMBUS AND BEDFORD. AT 422 PM EST RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM OWENSBURG IN GREENE COUNTY TO NEAR BEDFORD AND TO CROTHERVILLE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND LEXINGTON INDIANA WHICH IS 25 NORTH OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER ALREADY RAIN-SOAKED GROUND. PEOPLE ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER. HEAVY RAINS WILL COVER ROADS SO MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER. SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MILES AN HO^UR. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. REPORTS SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:30 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 530 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. SOME CITTIES INCLUDED ARE TERRE HAUTE INDIANAPOLIS BLOOMINGTON COLUMBUS AND BEDFORD. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INTO THE EVENING. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...COLUMBUS...SULLIVAN AND VINCENNES. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREEN COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED AT 530 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 512 PM EST IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 550 PM EST ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHERN BORDER OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST AND THE TOWN OF LINDEN MAY FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE STORM AT 530 PM EST. . TORRENTIAL RAINS...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORM AS IT PASSES THROUGH. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:05 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 600 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE AND EXTREME NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 550 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PART OF THE THUNDERSTORM WENT JUST SOUTH OF LINDEN. AT 539 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALOFT 2 MILES SOUTH OF LINDEN. BY 543 PM THE FUNNEL WENT BACK INTO THE CLOUDS. AT 555 PM RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED THE STORM DECREASING IN INTENSITY. STATE POLICE AT LAFAYETTE REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINS AND VIVID LIGHTNING DISPLAY IN THE LINDEN AREA. NO FLOODING OCCURRED. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD COLFAX IN CLINTON COUNTY. TORRENTIAL RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT TRACKS EAST. . IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:43 PM EST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 745 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JASPER AND NORTHERN WHITE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 710 AND 720 PM EST RESPECTIVELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM AND FOR NORTHEAST BENTON AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTIES UNTIL 750 PM EST. ANOTHER WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 735 PM EST FOR NORTHERN VIGO AND NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES OF WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND IS VALID UNTIL 800 PM EST. AT 740 PM EST RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDER- STORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN VIGO AND CLAY COUNTIES. SHERIFF AT BRAZIL REPORTED DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS THUNDER AT BRAZIL IN WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN IN PRAIRIETOWN IN VIGO COUNTY. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. REPORTS SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 7:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, White | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 7:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 8:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1987Every 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.