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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 1990, 1:22 AM EST for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 1990, 1:22 AM EST (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1990, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 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 KIND 110623
FFWIND
INC011-110930-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
122 AM EST SUN MAR 11 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...BOONE
AT 115 AM EST...BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER WAS 1 TO
1 1/2 FEET DEEP ON MANY ROADWAYS IN BOONE COUNTY.
AT 118 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH
OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS.
THE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN BOONE COUNTY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
PRZYBYLINSKIWhat 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, Mar 10, 8:11 PM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
INZALL-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 810 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST... THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RENSSELAER TO CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. ATTICA...TERRE HAUTE...BRAZIL...MARTINSVILLE...FRANKLIN AND SHELBYVILLE ARE IN THE WATCH. AT 805 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR RICHMOND TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS TO NEAR TERRE HAUTE. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE LINE WAS SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERED CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA NORTH OF THE LINE OF THUN$DERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS MOVING EAST. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 8:34 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
INZ009-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 835 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. AT 827 PM EST...STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ALONG INTERSTATE 65 IN SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY JUST NORTH OF EDINBURG. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREAD FROM EAST OF MARTINSVILLE TO NEAR SHELBYVILLE TO NEAR RUSHVILLE. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL BHAIL...AND SOME GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS UNTIL AT LEAST 10 PM EST. MPD
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 9:33 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
INZALL-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 932 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF INDIANA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST PART OF INDIANA THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE EVENING. DRIVE WITH CAUTION. HIGH WATER ON ROADS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. ALLSOPP s
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 7:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 7:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Owen | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clinton | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 4 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.