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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana

May 25, 1989Jay County, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1989-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1569 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1989-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

 HAYES

What 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wabash25 min
May 25, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant40 min
May 25, 10:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells24 min
May 25, 10:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Jay35 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.