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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 7:37 PM EST for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 7:37 PM EST (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1990, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 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 170038
FFWIND
INC071-170330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
737 PM EST WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...JACKSON
RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON
COUNTY FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF
COLUMBUS...IN THE AREAS OF MEDORA...BROWNSTOWN AND CROTHERSVILLE. MANY
STATE ROADS ARE ALREADY CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN JACKSON COUNTY.
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.
ALLSOPPWhat 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, 1:50 PM EST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
200 PM EST WED MAY 16 1990
MAY 16TH STORM DAMAGE...LATE REPORT
430 AM EST BOONE COUNTY....CITIZEN REPORTED HALF DOZEN TREES DOWN AND
UPcROOTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US 421 AND SR 32 IN EASTERN
BOONE COUNTY 10 MILES EAST OF LEBANON...20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF INDIANAPOLIS.
CURRANLocal storm report, May 16, 4:11 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 410 PM EST WED MAY 16 1990 MAY 16TH STORM DAMAGE...LATE REPORT JST BEFORE 5AM...6 MILES SOUTH OF TRAFALGAR IN..11/2 MILES NORTH OF THE JOHNSON/BROWN COUNTY LINE..AT LAMB LAKE. LOUD ROAR...FELT LARGE PRESSURE CHANGE..HAD SEVERAL WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOUSE. NUMEROUS 3 TO 4 FOOT DIAMETER TREES UPROOTED. TOPS OF SEVERAL LARGE TREES HAD TOPS TWISTED OFF ABOUT 35 FT ABOVE THE GROUND. GRAY
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:47 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
INZ011>015-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 545 PM EST WED MAY 16 1990 IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 248 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES... EVANSVILLE...COLUMBUS...MADISON...SALEM AND JASPER. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:55 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
INZ011>015-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME IN HEADER... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 445 PM EST WED MAY 16 1990 IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 248 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES... EVANSVILLE...COLUMBUS...MADISON...SALEM AND JASPER. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:36 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
INZ011>015-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 535 PM EST WED MAY 16 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA FOR TONIGHT. AT 530 PM EST...SHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND LINTON. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. FARTHER SOUTH...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO MADISON. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE K%ENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. GRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 49 min |
| May 16, 7:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Vanderburgh | 53 min |
| May 16, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 43 min |
| May 16, 8:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 44 min |
| May 16, 8:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 44 min |
| May 16, 8:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois, Perry | 67 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.