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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 26, 1989Fayette County, Rush County, Union County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1989, 1:58 AM EST for Fayette County, Rush County, Union County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 1989, 1:58 AM EST (06:58 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 1989, 6:00 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Rush County, IN, Union 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 260712
FFWIND
INC005-031-139-041-161-261100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
158 AM EST FRI MAY 26 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...BARTHOLOMEW...DECATUR...RUSH
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...FAYETTE...UNION
 
FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO AT RUSHVILLE...OR 40
MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND AT TAYLORSVILLE...OR JUST
NORTH OF COLUMBUS. TWO FEET OF WATER COVERED US 52 IN RUSHVILLE.
STREETS IN TAYLORSVILLE WERE IMPASSABLE.
 
 
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 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.
 
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

Local storm report, May 25, 9:29 PM EST, 4 hours 29 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, 4 hours 8 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

Local storm report, May 25, 10:57 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1056 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

1035 PM EST   LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN IN YARD OF NATIONAL WEATHER
              SERVICE EMPLOYEE NEAR 79TH AND GEORGE0TOWN ROAD IN
              NORTHWEST INDIANAPOLIS.

CURRAN

Special weather statement, May 26, 12:41 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1240 AM EST FRI MAY 26 1989

AT 1230 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL INDIANA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM
ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST SOUTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKVILLE AND ALSO ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH
OF GREENCASTLE.   IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

ALSO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL INDIANA FROM THE MUNCIE AND RICHMOND AREAS WEST TO TERRE HAUTE
AND SULLIVAN AND ON INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HENDRICKSON

Special weather statement, May 26, 1:42 AM EST, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
140 AM EST FRI MAY 26 1989

AT 135 AM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL INDIANA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM
NEAR RUSHVILLE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA TO JUST EAST OF BLOOMINGTON
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTEAST OF TERRE HAUTE.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

ALSO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL INDIANA FROM THE MUNCIE AND RICHMOND AREAS WEST TO TERRE HAUTE
AND SULLIVAN AND ONe INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HENDRICKSON

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	Howard	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	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.