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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 1989, 8:02 AM EST for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 1989, 8:02 AM EST (13:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1989, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County White 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
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 011304
FFWIND
INC181-011500-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
802 AM EST FRI SEP 1 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
...SOUTHERN WHITE
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY. AT 755 AM EST
FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CHALMERS IN SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY. THE
OBSERVER REPORTED 5.2 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. STATE ROAD 43
NORTH OF BROOKSTON WAS FLOODED.
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.
EDWARDSWhat 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, Sep 1, 2:23 AM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 220 AM EST FRI SEP 1 1989 AT 210 AM EST...A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA 30 AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT WAS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE. SOME CITIES WHERE RAIN WAS OCCURRING INCLUDED RENSSELAER...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...KOKOMO...BLUFFTON AND MUNCIE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT ONLY FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST AND 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. . THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIANA. STEInGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 4:10 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 410 AM EST FRI SEP 1 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA. AT 415 AM FRIDAY MORNING RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA TO THE NORTH OF A CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS TO MUNCIE LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF INDIANA BY 600 AM THIS FRIDAY MORNING. GIBBS
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:15 AM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 515 AM EST FRI SEP 1 1989 FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 AM. AT 515 AM RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAFAYETTE EASTWARD TO THE OHIO BORDER WITH MOVEMENT TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. AN OBSERVER AT BURLINGTON IN CARROLL COUNTY REPORTING 2.82 INCHE)S OF RAIN BY 500 AM THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AREA WILL MOVE OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA BY 800 AM WITH LOCAL FLOODING IN HEAVIER STORMS POSSIBLE. GIBBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, White | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 10:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 5:56 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 6:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 9:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown | 2 hr |
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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.