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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 1989Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 1989, 10:28 PM EST for Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 1989, 10:28 PM EST (03:28 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 1989, 1:30 AM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Howard 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 1569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 260328
FFWIND
INC095-067-260630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1028 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
      MADISON...HOWARD

RAINFALL OF AROUND 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN KOKOMO AND 3.5 IN
ELWOOD. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON ROADS...STREETS...SMALL STREAMS...
LOW LYING AREAS AND BASEMENTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FLOODING IMMEDIATELY.

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS AND WASHED OUT ROADS.

 DS

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 25, 5:10 PM EST, 5 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH 329
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
510 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL
700PM EST. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE
TO RENSSELAER. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA.
SCATTERED STRONG STORMS WERE ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS
IN PUTNAM COUNTY AND ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE.

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO IN EASTERN INDIANA NEAR AND
NORTH OF RICHMOND. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL NORTH OF RICHMOND
BETWEEN 510 PM AND 520 PM EST.

THUNDERSHOWERS SCATTERED ABOUT THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA.
EDWARDS

Local storm report, May 25, 7:15 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

653 PM EST   FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT THORNTOWN...35 MILES NORTHWEST
             OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

656 PM EST   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR LIZTON IN HENDRICKS COUNTY...25
             MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY AMATEUR
             RADIO OPERATOR.

658 PM EST   TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT RACCOON IN PUTNAM COUNTY...40 MILES
             WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

659 PM EST   THREE TRAILERS DESTROYED AND 3 OR 4 OTHERS DAMAGED AT
             PORTLAND MILLS...38 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...
             REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

705 PM EST   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT BROWNSBURG...
             15 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY AMATEUR
             RADIO AND THE BROWNSBURG POLICE.

703 PM EST   CONFIRMED TORNADO AT HERRITAGE LAKE IN HENDRICKS COUNTY
             ...28 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY STATE
             POLICE.

650 PM EST   SEVERAL TORNADOES REPORTED AT BAINBRIDGE IN PUTNAM
             COUNTY...38 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY
             STATE POLIC%E.

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, May 25, 7:29 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

705 PM EST   1.5 INCHES OF RAIN AT JAMESTOWN REPORTED BY CIVIL DEFENSE.

712 PM EST   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF INDIANAPOLIS.
             LOCATIONS INCLUDE...57TH ST AT HIGH SCHOOL ROAD...52ND AND
             ZIONSVILLE ROAD....71ST ST AND I-465...PIKE SCHOOL AT 71ST
             AND ZIONSVILLE RD.

714 PM EST   TORNADO REPORTED BY LIZTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADED TOWARDS
             BROWNSBURG.

713 PM EST   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSBURG IN...15 MILES
             NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS.

716 PM EST   60 MPH GUSTS REPORTED BY INDIANAPOLIS POWER AND LIGHT AT
  0           86TH AND TOWNSHIP LINE IN NORTH INDIANAPOLIS.
719 PM EST   WINDOWS BROKEN AT 56TH AND GEORGETOWN RD IN NORTHWEST
             INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY POLICE.

CURRAN

Local storm report, May 25, 7:37 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
740 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

630 PM EST   LATE REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE SOUTH PART OF MONTGOMERY
             COUNTY NEAR LADOGA...RUSSELLVILLE AND ROACHDALE...AROUND
             30 TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY
             CIVIL DEFENSE.

715 PM EST   ONE INCH HAIL AT 71ST AND GEORGETOWN RD IN NW INDIANAPOLIS.

718 PM EST   NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT 79TH AND MICHIGANL RD IN NORTH INDIANAPOLIS.

717 PM EST   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT 77TH AND HOVER RD IN NORTH INDIANAPOLIS.

730 PM EST   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CARMEL AND FISHERS 15 MILES
             NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS.

CURRAN

Local storm report, May 25, 9:29 PM EST, 59 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
925 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

610 PM EST   DELAYED REPRT FROM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS OF WINDOWS
             BLOWN OUT OF ONE SIDE OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ROCKVILLE
             INDIANA...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE.

845 PM EST   WATER OVER THE ROADS IN FOUNTAIN COUNTY  IN WEST CENTRAL
             INDIANA...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE.

820 PM EST   TREES DOWN IN MECHANICSBURG AND SULPHUR SPRINGS IN NORTH
             HENRY COUNTY ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON
             IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.

840 PM EST   TREES REPORTED DOWN 2 MILES EAST OF MULBERRY...3 MILES
             EAST OF FRANKFORT...AND BOYLESTON...ALL LOCATED ABOUT 20
             MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE.

921 PM EST   2.1 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 7 PM EST AT KOKOMO...ABOUT
               50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS.

CURRAN

Local storm report, May 25, 9:50 PM EST, 38 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
947 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

933 PM EST   ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED AT ELWOOD IN...ABOUT
             35 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLKS.

937 PM EST   WATER WAS UP TO KNEES IN EAST LAFAYETTE AT HIGHWAY
             52 AND HIGHWAY 26 INTERSECTION.

CURRAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:08 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	3 hr
May 25, 7:08 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clinton, Tipton	3 hr
May 25, 8:49 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke	3 hr
May 25, 8:49 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Vermillion	3 hr
May 25, 9:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	3 hr
May 25, 9:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Tipton	3 hr
May 25, 10:28 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Madison	3 hr
May 26, 12:52 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Marion	4 hr
May 26, 12:52 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton	4 hr
May 26, 1:02 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry	4 hr
May 26, 1:02 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Wayne	4 hr
May 26, 1:33 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Madison	4 hr
May 26, 1:58 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fayette, Rush, Union	4 hr
May 26, 1:58 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur	4 hr
May 26, 2:51 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	4 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.