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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 1990Edwards County, Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 10:16 AM CDT for Edwards County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 1990, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 1990, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, IL, Wayne County, IL

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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 161516
FFWEVV
ILC047-101-159-185-191-161915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1016 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
          ...EDWARDS...LAWRENCE...RICHLAND...WABASH...WAYNE
 
AT 1010 AM CDT...RADAR INDICTED MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
HAS RECEIVED REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS OF UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FROM LAST NIGHT. WATER IS
COVERING ROADS IN CISNE ILLINOIS...70 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE.
THE INDIAN CREEK IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IS ALSO FLOODING IN LAWRENCEVILLE
...70 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE.
 
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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
SPODEN

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 16, 5:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

INZ009>015-161400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
545 AM EST WED MAY 16 1990

A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND
TORRENTIAL RAINS OF UP TO AN INCH OR MORE IN 15 MINUTES HAS
MOVED THROUGH SHELBYVILLE...RUSHVILLE AND NORTH VERNON IN CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA.

BY 615 AM EST THE STORMS WILL BE THROUGH LIBERTY...BROOKVILLE AND
VERSAILLES.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL
AND ALL OF SOUTH INDIANA UNTIL 9 AM EST.  THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM NEAR SULLIVAN TO NEAR WIN*CHESTER.

EARLIER DURING THE NIGHT TREES FELL OVER PARTS OF STATE ROAD 421 IN
BOONE COUNTY.
CURRAN

Local storm report, May 16, 7:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
720 AM EST WED MAY 16 1990

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE APPARENT TORNADO DAMAGE IN
WORTHINGTON INDIANA AROUND 415 AM EST THIS MORNING HAS BEEN
FORWARD BY THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

TWO TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED...A RESTAURANT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF
HIGHWAY 67...LOTS OF TREES WERE DOWNED AND THERE IS FLOODING OF SOME
OF THE BACKROADS IN THE AREA.

CURRAN

Special weather statement, May 16, 7:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

INZ009>015-161400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
735 AM EST WED MAY 16 1990

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR A LARGE PART
OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALL OF SOUTH INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.  WESTERN PARTS OF THE WATCH IN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH ISSOLATED THUDERSTORMS WAS
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AT 730 AM EST. AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR LAKE MONROE AND BEDFORD AND
BETWEEN SULLIVAN  AND VINCENNES INDIANA.

FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A VERY REAL THREAT OVER MUCH OF SOUTH INDIANA
NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO LAWRENCBURG FOR ALL OF TODAY.

RAIN IS RAPIDLY SPREADING EAST ALONG I-70 BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND
INDIANAPOLIS AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN SOUTH INDIANAPOLIS BETWEEN 815 AND
830 AM EST.
CURRAN

Local storm report, May 16, 7:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
745 AM EST WED MAY 16 1990

MAY 16TH STORM DAMAGE

500 AM EST SHELBY COUNTY...NORTHWEST SIDE OF SHELBYVILLE.
           STRONG WINDS BLOW OUT BACK OD A HOUSE...SEVERAL
           3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN IN THE SAME AREA.
           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT.

GERY

Local storm report, May 16, 7:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

STORM REPORT..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
745 AM EST WED MAY 16 1990

MAY 16TH STORM DAMAGE

500 AM EST SHELBY COUNTY...NORTHWEST SIDE OF SHELBYVILLE.
           STRONG WINDS BLOW OUT BACK OF A HOUSE...SEVERAL
           3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN IN THE SAME AREA.
           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT.

GERY

Local storm report, May 16, 8:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
840 AM EST WED MAY 16 1990

MAY 16TH STORM DAMAGE

AROUND 430 AM EST WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF
BEDFORD IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE LOCA#L NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT
TWO TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED...ONE SEVERELY DAMAGE. SOME TREE TOPS
WERE ALSO SNAPPED OFF. THERE NO INJURIES REPORTED

EDWARDS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Wabash	50 min
May 16, 3:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jasper	22 min
May 16, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Crawford	32 min
May 16, 10:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Richland, Wabash	4 hr

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.