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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 1989, 11:28 PM EST for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1989, 11:28 PM EST (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1989, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jay 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 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 260428
FFWFWA
INC075-260630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1128 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
JAY
AT 1125PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER
JAY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE HEAVY STREET AND ROAD
FLOODING OVER MUCH OF JAY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH, HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE INTO JAY COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNTIL 130 AM.
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.
DURING HEAVY RAINS, KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM OPEN STORM dDRAINS,
WATER CATCHMENTS, STREAMS AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW, GENTLY FLOWING
WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
HAYESWhat 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, May 25, 7:01 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 701 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 1 AM EST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA THAT WAS TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 1 AM EST. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA EXCEPT FOR LAGRANGE...STEUBEN...NOBLE AND DEKALB COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF WILLIAMS... DEFIANCE AND PAULDING. AT 655 PM EST /755 PM EDT/ AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN COVER NEARLY ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. ALSO AT 655 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...JUST WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO THE REST OF THIS EVENJING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:36 PM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 736 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 1 AM EST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 732 PM EST AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES EAST OF LOGANSPORT TO 15 MILES WEST OF MARION. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES ACROSS WABASH AND GRANT COUNTIES BY 8 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. BY 800 PM EST THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STREJTCH FROM 10 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON NEAR ANDREWS TO 10 MILES EAST OF MARION NEAR UPLAND. . ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:09 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 910 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 1 AM EST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 900 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE...NEAR HARLAN...TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE...NEAR CONVOY, OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BY 930 PM OR 1030 PM EDT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 15 MILES WEST OF DEFIANCE OHIO TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF DEFIANCE OHIO. THE OTHER THUNDERSTORM WILL BE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR MONROEVILLE INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. HAYES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 25 min |
| May 25, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 40 min |
| May 25, 10:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 24 min |
| May 25, 10:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 35 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.