Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Aug 28, 1989, 12:52 PM EST (17:52 UTC)

Expired

Aug 28, 1989, 3:00 PM EST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1252 PM EST MON AUG 28 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...CLINTON
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...NORTHERN FOUNTAIN...SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE
 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE ONCE AGAIN MOVING INTO
WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THESE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND FLOOD CREEKS AND STREAMS.
 
AT 1250 PM EST THE MOST INTENSE RAIN WAS FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYTTE THROUGH NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN PREVIOUSLY
MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN FOUTAIN AND SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES
THIS MORNING.
 
PERSONS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
AS SOON AS WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOUR ESCAPE
ROUTE HAS BEEN CUT OFF.
 
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.
EDWARDS

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
950 AM EST MON AUG 28 1989

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA WERE
DUMPING HEAVY RAINS.

A GROWING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS
RENNSELAER...MONTICELLO...SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE...OVER FRANKFORT
AND VEEDERSBURG. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

AT 949 AM EST THE FOUNTAIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED BLINDING RAINS
IN COVINGTON. THIS RAIN WILL MOVE PARALLEL ACROSS INTERSTATE 74 AND
RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND MAY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING IN SOUTHERN
TIPPECANOE...CLINTON AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES. RvEPORT FLOODING TO THE
POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
EDWARDS

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.