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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana

June 3, 19896 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1989, 5:13 PM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1989, 5:13 PM EST (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1989, 8:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1989-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1989-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 032213
FFWFWA
INC001-169-003-053-033-069-179-183-OHC039-125-040100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
513 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
      ADAMS...WABASH...ALLEN...GRANT...SOUTHERN DEKALB...
      HUNTINGTON...WELLS...WHITLEY...

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF OHIO
      DEFIANCE...PAULDING...

AT 500 PM EST FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.

RAINFALLS OF FOUR TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS
SECTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES.

 CONTINUED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES WILL
 PRODUCE CONTINUED FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREAMS. PEOPLE ALONG CEDAR
 CREEK AND SPY RUN CREEK IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND FLAT ROCK CREEK IN
 NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD SEEK SAFETY ON HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FLOODING IMMEDIATELY.

SEEK SAFETY BEFORE FLOWING WATER BLOCKS YOUR ESCAPE ROUTE. STAY
AWAY FROM FLOODED STREAMS...STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY SWEEP YOU AWAY.

DURING HEAVY RAINS, KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM OPEN STORM DRAINS,
WATER CATCHMENTS, STREAMS AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW, GENTLY FLOWING
WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

OBEY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. WHEN AUTHORITIES GIVE YOU
DIRECTIONS TO EVACUATE, FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTIONS.

WHEN FLOOD WATERS INUNDATE URBAN STREETS, DO NOT ENTER UNDERGROUND
GARAGES, BASEMENTS AND ELEVATORS.

 MARSHALL/ZIMMERMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 10:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant64 min
Jun 3, 10:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford35 min
Jun 3, 11:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAllen3 hr
Jun 3, 11:54 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXDeKalb2 hr
Jun 3, 12:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXHuntington2 hr
Jun 3, 1:10 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXWhitley3 hr
Jun 3, 2:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAllen, Huntington3 hr
Jun 3, 2:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams, Wells3 hr
Jun 3, 2:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXBlackford, Grant3 hr
Jun 3, 2:57 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXJay3 hr
Jun 3, 5:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXDeKalb3 hr
Jun 3, 5:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams3 hr

Nearby

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

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.