Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 1989, 7:45 PM EST for Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1989, 7:45 PM EST (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1989, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rush County, IN, Shelby 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 040046
FFWIND
INC139-145-040245-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
745 PM EST (645 PM CST) MON APR 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EST (845 PM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...RUSH...SHELBY
AT 740 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.
THIS STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN SHELBYVILLE AND RUSHVILLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID PONDING
OF WATER.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
WJGWhat 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, Apr 3, 5:21 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 510 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN INDIANA AS OF 510 PM EST. AT 515 PM EST...A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE WABASH RIVER ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER THE WEST PART OF INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS 10 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT TO 25 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. . A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEWPORT TO 10 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES WEST OF CORYDON. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:02 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 600 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 AT 555 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTHWEST AND 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED MUCH OF NORTH AND THE WEST PARTS OF INDIANA. THE LEADING ED=GE OF THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF LOGANSPORT TO INDIANAPOLIS AND COLUMBUS AND THEN CONTINUING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:10 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 609 PM EST MON APR 3 1989 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 79 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS TO PAOLI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY... MOUNT VERNON...BOONVILLE AND NEW ALBANY. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBBER 77 THAT WAS VALID FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:40 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 637 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 AT 633 PM EST...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTH AND 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR MARION TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHMOND...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND CONTINUED INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUvNT CARMEL ILLINOIS TO PAOLI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:33 PM EST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 734 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 727 PM EST...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATORS NEAR LAPEL IN MADISON COUNTY...ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. PEOPLE FROM ANDERSON NORTH TO ALEXANDRIA AND NORTHEAST TO MUNCIE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. MPD
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:40 PM EST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 739 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND IN BROWNSBURG AT 730 PM EST. AT 730 PM EST...SEVERAL HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A ROARING NOISE IN THE VICINITY OF 38TH STREET AND MOELLER ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A SIMILAR ROARING NOISE FROM BROWNSBURG. THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS TO CARMEL TO NOBLESVILLE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. MPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Perry, Spencer | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warrick | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
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.