Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Aug 28, 1989, 3:10 PM EST (20:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 28, 1989, 6:00 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton 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
310 PM EST MON AUG 28 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...BOONE...CLINTON
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY
 
AT 305 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS
TO JUST NORTH OF GREENCASTLE AND 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE.
 
IN ADDITION SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WELL BACK INTO ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WEST
CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
 
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY
RAINS WILL FALL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.
 
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN TODAY AT FRANKFORT IN
CLINTON COUNTY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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.