Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 1989, 7:20 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 1989, 7:20 PM EST (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 1989, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 090022
FFWIND
INC121-165-090315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
720 PM EST FRI SEP 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
...PARKE...SOUTHERN VERMILLION
AT CLINTON...10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...HEAVY RAINS HAVE WASHED
OUT A BRIDGE. STATE ROADS 63 AND 71 IN SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES
WERE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED UP TO
4 INCHES.
AT MARSHALL...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FELL. SOME COUNTY ROADS AND US 41 WERE FLOODED IN PARKE COUNTY.
RAINFALL IS STILL LIKELY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENING AROUND AND
NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE.
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.
DSWhat 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 8, 2:48 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 248 PM EST FRI SEP 8 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AT 243 PM EST. STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA. THE STORMS WILL CAUSE GUSTY WIND AND BLINDING RAIN AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME STREET FLOODING MAY OCCUR AND SOME INTERSECTIONS MAY BRIEFLY HAVE WATER PROBLEMS. THE STORMS WERE GENERALLY LOCATED FROM WESTFIELD...TO BROWNSBURG...TO PLAINFIELD. OTHER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER WESTERN INDIANA...WEST OF ROCKVILLE...NORTH OF BRAZIL...AND AROUND CLAY CITY. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. GRAY
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 4:52 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 445 PM EST FRI SEP 8 1989 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 440 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING EXTREME NORTHWEST AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED 20 MILES SOUTH OF GARY...NEAR SCHNEIDER INDIANA TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 TO 7 MILES NORTH OF MORROCCO INDIANA IN EXTREME NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY AND 20 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. A SECOND CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. . THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE JUST SOUTH OF ST BERNICE AND 25 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS THROUGH ROCKVILLE BETWEEN 500 AND 520 PM EST. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS... HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT/ 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 5:43 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 535 PM EST FRI SEP 8 1989 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 530 PM EST...INDIANAPOLIS RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARY...NEAR WHEATLAND INDIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGTEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS AND 5 TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENNESELAER INDIANA...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF GARY. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AND SMALL TORNADOES NEAR AND WEST OF THE CHAMPAIGN AREA. A SECOND AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR ROCKVILLE INDIANA TO 5 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ST]RONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS... HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREET FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 5:46 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 535 PM EST FRI SEP 8 1989 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 530 PM EST...INDIANAPOLIS RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARY...NEAR WHEATFIELD INDIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGTEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS AND 5 TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENNESELAER INDIANA...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF GARY. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AND SMALL TORNADOES NEAR AND WEST OF THE CHAMPAIGN AREA. A SECOND AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR ROCKVILLE INDIANA TO 5 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRcODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS... HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREET FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 6:13 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 615 PM EST FRI SEP 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 600 PM... THE STORMS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND TO JUST EAST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WINAMAC...MONTICELLO... LAFAYETTE AND VEEDERSBURG BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM. THE WEST CENTRAL INDIANA STORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE THROUGH TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD CRAWFORDSVILLE...BRAZIL AND SALINE CuITY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE AND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A BUILDING OR GET INSIDE AN ALL METAL CAR OR TRUCK. NEVER STAND UNDER A TALL OBJECT SUCH AS A LONE TREE. DS
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 6:50 PM EST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 648 PM EST FRI SEP 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 645 PM... THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM PLYMOUTH TO JUST EAST OF MONTICELLO TO ROCKVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE AND WEST INTO ILLINOIS. A FEW OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE FROM FRANKFORT TO GREENCASTLE TO SULLIVAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...AND NEAR GUION AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. SOME STORMS WERE PRODUCING BLINDING RAINS. AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR MEASURED 1.7 INCHES OF RAIN IN RENSSELAER IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MONON. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED WELL WEST OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOODING OF CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. DRIVE WITH CAUTION IN HEAVY RAIN AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER OR MOVING WATER IN YOUR CAR. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS. ALLSOPP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 3:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 6:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 27 min |
| Sep 9, 6:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 116 min |
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.