Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1989, 3:26 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1989, 3:26 PM EST (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1989, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 690 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 232027
FFWIND
INC135-232230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
326 PM EST SUN JUL 23 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...RANDOLPH
AT 320 PM EST RADAR SHOW A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN THE TOWNS WINCHESTER AND FARMLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING AND REDUCE VISIBILTY TO ZERO.
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.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 23, 12:23 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1215 PM EST SUN JUL 23 1989 SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANAPOLIS LATE THIS MORNING. METEOROLOGIST RANDY OLLIS REPORTED 1.17 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR BETWEEN 11AM AND NOON..NEAR STATE RD. 37 AND 71ST STREET. HE ALSO REPORTED TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED BY THE BLINDING RAIN. METEOROLOGIST BOB MCCLEAN ALSO REPORTED 1.35 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR 71ST AND SHADELAND BETWEEN 1115 AND NOON. THERE WAS ALSO A PUBLIC REPORT OF 1/4 INCHE HAIL NEAR NOBLESVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE CLOSE TO NOBLESVILLE AND WESTFIELD. MOTORIST IN THESE AREAS AND ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS SHOULD BE ALERT TO STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND BLINDING RAIN. ELSEWHERE IN CENTRAL INDIANA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LOGANSPORT THROUGH MUNCIE TO SHELBYVILLE AND COLUBMUS. THE SHOWERS THEN EXTENDED WEST ACROSS THE STATE TO LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE AND TERRE HAUTE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE ALSO BETWEEN ANDERSON AND MUNCIE AND IN SOUTHEAST RUSH COUNTY NEAR MILROY. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. CT
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:34 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 130 PM EST SUN JUL 23 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM THE EAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS EAST TO GREENFIELD AND KNIGHTSTOWN AND NORTHEAST TO FORTVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE AND ELWOOD. AT 115 PM EST...AN AMATUER RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED WATER FLOWING ACROSS TROY AVE NEAR KITLEY ON INDIANAPOLIS/S SOUTHEAST SIDE. PERSONS IN EASTCENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO BLINDING DOWNPOURS ...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY AS WELL AS FLOODED STREETS. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOODED AREAS THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF :THIS AFTENOON. CT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 3 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.