Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 12:26 PM CDT for Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 12:26 PM CDT (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1990, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Posey 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 161725
FFWEVV
INC051-129-163-173-161930-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1226 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...GIBSON...POSEY...NORTHERN VANDERBURGH...WARRICK
WARRICK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORT COUNTY ROADS...NORTH ROAD AND HEIM ROAD
WERE UNDER WATER. GIBSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STATE ROAD 168 EAST
OF OWENSVILLE AND WEST OF FT BRANCH UNDER WATER AND INDIANA STATE
POLICE REPORTED STATE ROAD 460 NEAR BLAIRSVILLE INDIANA IN POSEY COUNTYUNDER WATER. AT 1220 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL ABOUT 230 PM CDT.
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.
SPODENWhat 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
Local storm report, May 16, 7:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 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, 4 hours 52 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, 4 hours 41 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.
GERYLocal storm report, May 16, 7:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 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.
GERYLocal storm report, May 16, 8:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 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
Local storm report, May 16, 11:39 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1138 AM EST WED MAY 16 1990 MAY 16TH STORM DAMAGE...DELAYED REPORT 0210E...AT MONTMORENCI IN...APPROX 7WNW LAF. LARGE OAK TREES UPROOTED. MEDIUM SIZE PINE TREES SNAPPED OFF HALFWAY UP THE TRUNK. SEVERAL FARM WAGONS FLIPPED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OBSERVED. GRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks | 3 hr |
| May 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 3 hr |
| May 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 30 min |
| May 15, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 39 min |
| May 16, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 71 min |
| May 16, 12:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 2 hr |
| May 16, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Dubois | 4 hr |
| May 16, 2:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Dubois | 115 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.