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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 1989, 3:18 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 9, 1989, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1989, 6:15 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 12:00Z, 8.3 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 092019 RRA
FFWIND
INC121-165-092315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
318 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
...PARKE...SOUTHERN VERMILLION
AT 310 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED AN
AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TERRE HAUTE NEAR ROCKVILLE TO 5 MILES NORTH TERRE HAUTE.
MANY OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
AT 305 PM EST...STATE POLICE AT TERRE HAUTE REPORTED RAINFALL
REDUCING VISIBIITIES BELOW 100 FEET.
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.
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.
PRZYBYLINSKIWhat 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 9, 1:43 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 135 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AT 130 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR DEPHI TO 30 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR NEWPORT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WAS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT CROSS RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER. . THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 2:16 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 215 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST... AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RENNESAELER TO DECATUR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR...TO RUSHVILLE...TO TELL CITY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE... TERRE HAUTE...EVANSVILLE AND BLOOMINGTON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 200 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS... WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF PERU...TO 10 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING NEAR KOKOMO...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE AND ROCKVILLE BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM. ANOTHER 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STORMS WAS FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OF TERRE HAUTE TO 5 MILES WEST OF VINCENNES. THOSE STORMS WILL BE MOVING NEAR SALINE CITY...DUGGER AND CARLISLE AROUND 230 PM. DS
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 2:58 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 255 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST... AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RENNESAELER TO DECATUR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR...TO RUSHVILLE...TO TELL CITY. AT 250 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS... WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PERU TO CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED OVER KOKOMO AND JUST WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. AT 235 PM EST...A AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 35 TO 40 MPH SURFACE WINDS AT KOKOMO AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A SECOND AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DANVILLE INDIANA ...ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO WASHINGTON INDIANA... ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 310 AND 330 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISBILITIES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:20 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 |
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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.