Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1989, 2:01 PM EST for Allen County, Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 2:01 PM EST (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, IN, Huntington 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 031901
FFWFWA
INC003-069-183-OHC039-125-032200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
201 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
ALLEN...HUNTINGTON...THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE...WHITLEY...
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF OHIO
DEFIANCE...PAULDING...
AT 155 PM EST HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN ALLEN...
HUNTINGTON AND WHITLEY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND IN
DEFIANCE AND PAULING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO.
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF FORT WAYNE AND
DEFIANCE.
HEAVY RAINS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES AND
PERSISTENT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS HAVE PRODUCED FLOODING OF
STREAMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO.
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/ZIMMERMANWhat 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, 10:00 AM EST, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 11:25 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes 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, 11:46 AM EST, 2 hours 15 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, 12:52 PM EST, 1 hour 9 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
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:35 PM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
135 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORHTWEST
OHIO UNTIL 4 PM EST /5 PM EDT/...
AT 130 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE THROUGH MARION TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
BY 230 PM EST THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 20 MILES EAST
OF FORT WAYNE NEAR PAYNE OHIO TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT{ WAYNE NEAR
BERNE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION.
ZIMMERMANLocal storm report, Jun 3, 1:37 PM EST, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT...PRELEMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
135 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989
TIME EVENT
0930EST TORNADO IN NORTHWEST FULTON COUNTY INDIANA ALONG STATE
ROAD 17 NEAR DELONG INDIANA. 2 OR 3 HOUSE TRAILERS TURNED
OVER. 3 MINOR INJURIES. TREES AND POWERS LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.
0948EST BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN REPORTED AT VILLAGE GREEN TRAILER
PARK ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF MISHAWAKA INDIANA. 4 MOBILE
HOMES DAMAGED. 3 POWER LINE POLES DOWN.
ROOF TAKEN OFF TRUCKING SERVICE BUILDING ON SOUTH BIEGER
STREET IN MISHAWAKA INDIANA. REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS.
1027EST 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED AT ETNA GREEN INDIANA IN SOUTHERN
ELKHART COUNTY. REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS.
1032EST SEVERAL LARGE TREES REPORTED DOWNED AT BRISTOL INDIANA IN
NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTY.
1035EST LARGE TREE REPORTED DOWNED AT EDWARDSBURG MICHIGAN AND
ANOTHER AT JONES MICHIGAN...IN CASS COUNTY.
MOWERYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 11:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Jay | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Grant, Huntington, Wabash, Wells, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams | 3 hr |
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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.