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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana

June 3, 1989Defiance County, Paulding County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1989, 2:26 PM EDT for Defiance County, Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1989, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1989, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH

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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 031828 COR
FFWFWA
OHC039-125-032100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TIME OF HEAVY RAIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
226 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF OHIO
      DEFIANCE...PAULDING

AT 223 PM EDT HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN DEFIANCE AND
PAULDING COUNTIES.

 THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DEFIANCE AND
 PAULDING.

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.

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

 MARSHALL/ZIMMERMAN

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, Jun 3, 10:12 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
905 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN LOWER
MICHIGAN...

AT 900 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN
LAKE MICHIGAN ACROSS BERRIEN COUNTY OF SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN
SOUTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN LA PORTE COUNTY AND STARKE COUNTY IN
NORTHERN INDIANA.

RADAR INDICATED A BOW ECHO INDICATIVE VERY STRONG WINDS ENTERING
SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA. PEOPLE IN WALKERTON INDIANA...20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WIND
GUSTS AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...iHEAVY RAIN...
POSSIBLE SOME SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THE
LINE OF STORMS IS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  MONTE WHEELER
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1000 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...

AT 1000 AM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
WEST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH BEND INDIANA TO 20 MILE SOUTH OF MARION
INDIANA.

THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

BY 1100 AM EST THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM
40 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 10 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARION INDIANA.

THE STORMS HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY. SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE.
WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1125 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

....TORNADO WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR CASS AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES
IN MICHIGAN...AND ELKHART AND KOSCUISKO COUNTIES IN INDIANA HAVE
EXPIRED AS OF 11 15 AM EST...12 15 PM EDT.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM EST...5PM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN AND MOST NORTHERN INDIANA....

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE
SMALL TORNADOES HAVE MOVED EAST INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA AND THOSE
OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN HAVE WEAKENED.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TGHIS
AFTERNOON.
MOWERY
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1145 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR ALL OF MICHIANA...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM EST.

AT 1140 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ETNA GREEN
INDIANA...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND. IT WILL MOVE EAST THRU
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY BY 1215 PM EST...BRINGING hHEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS
TO THE TOWNS OF WARSAW...OSWEGO AND PIERCETON INDIANA.

AT 1140 AM EST...NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ON RADAR BUT
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON.
MCCLUNG
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:52 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1252 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR ALL OF MICHIANA...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM EST...OR 500 PM EDT.

AT 1245 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR COLUMBIA
CITY INDIANA...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE...AND NEAR WABASH
INDIANA...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM LAGRANGE INDIANA...50 MILES
EAST OF SOUTH BEND...SOUTHWEST TO LAFAYETTE INDIANA.

RAIN WAS FALLING OVER MUCH OF LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHICAGO NORTHEAST TO
MUSKEGON MICHIGAN. THE PRECIPITATION WAS- MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
MCCLUNG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXDefiance3 hr
Jun 3, 6:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXPaulding3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.