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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 1989, 1:09 AM EST for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1989, 1:09 AM EST (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1989, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bartholomew 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 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 290608
FFWIND
INC005-291000-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
109 AM EST SAT APR 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...BARTHOLOMEW
THE BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT ABOUT
2 MILES SOUTH OF HARTSVILLE BETWEEN 1030 AND 11 PM EST. ALSO...WATER
WAS OVERTOPPING A BRIDGE 2 1/2 MILES WEST OF OGILVILLE SHORTLY BEFORE
1 AM EST.
NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS IN THE COUNTY WERE UNDER WATER INCLUDING STATE
ROAD 58 ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF OGILVILLE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOU
R 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.
STEIGERWALDTWhat 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 28, 7:52 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 750 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BARTHOLOMEW AND DECATUR COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BROWN COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 745 PM RADAR WAS INDICATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. AT 745 PM THE BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE NEAR THE TOWN OF WEST PORT IN DECATUR COUNTY BY 800 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING ...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDSu. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:14 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 810 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BARTHOLOMEW AND DECATUR COUNTIES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA EXPIRED AT 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. AT 800 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDER- STORMS FROM BROWN COUNTY EASTWARD TO CINCINNATI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF JENNINGS COUNTY AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH VERNON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR . THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. PERSONS NEAR THE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THEM. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED...GO TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:38 PM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 840 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 AT 825 PM SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. BY 900 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN FAYETTE...NORTHERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEAST BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 930 PM THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME EASTERN ILLINOIS ABOUT 30 NORTHWEST OF VINCENNES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SULIVAN COUNTY AROUND 900PM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL ...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:43 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 840 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 AT 825 PM SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. BY 900 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN FAYETTE...NORTHERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEAST BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 830 PM THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME EASTERN ILLINOIS ABOUT 30 NORTHWEST OF VINCENNES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SULLIVAN COUNTY AROUND 900PM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL ...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. ...CORRECTED TIME IN 2ND PARAGRAPH... HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 9:21 PM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 920 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 AT 910 PM SEVERAL AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THOUGH THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. ONE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF BROOKVILLE THROUGH CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY TO JUST TO THE EAST OF COLUMBUS. BY 10 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO UNION COUNTY NEAR LIBERY AND NEAR BATESVILLE...WESTPORT AND NORTH VERNON ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WILL MOVE TO CARLISLE AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF VINCENNES BY 10 PM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL ...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. OF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS REPORT THIS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THIS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 10:11 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1010 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 AT 1000 PM THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA AROUND BROOKVILLE ...BATESVILLE AND WESTPORT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS IN KNOX AND DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MOST OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS REPORT THIS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THIS TO TH3E NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 9:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 10:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 36 min |
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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.