Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 1:50 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 1:50 PM EST (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1990, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dubois 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 161852 COR
FFWEVV
ILC025-INC037-162245-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
150 PM CDT (150 PM EST) WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT (545 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...DUBOIS
AT 145 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED RISING WATERS NEAR CUZCO
INDIANA...ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE AND ON THE EDGE OF PATOKA
LAKE...WAS ISOLATING 150 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF CUZCO.
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THROUGH DUBOIS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.
.
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.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWINiG STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
ZIMMER
...DELETE CLAY COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.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 EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks | 3 hr |
| May 15, 8:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 3 hr |
| May 15, 8:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 15, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 30 min |
| May 15, 10:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 39 min |
| May 16, 4:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 71 min |
| May 16, 12:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 2 hr |
| May 16, 12:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey | 2 hr |
| May 16, 2:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Dubois | 115 min |
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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.