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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1990, 1:10 AM EST for Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 1:10 AM EST (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike 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 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 6, 11:15 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
INZ008>015-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1115 PM EST WED JUN 6 1990 AT 1110 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA NOT FAR FROM TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTH AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS C,ONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR OR THROUGH THE CITIES OF GOSPORT... AND BLOOMINGTON BETWEEN 1125 PM EST AND MIDNIGHT. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:00 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZ008>015-070600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1159 PM EST WED JUN 6 1990 AT 1155 PM EST...SHOWERS AND SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INDIANA TO 30 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...15 MILES SOUTH AND FROM 25 TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND LIKELY CONTAIN SOME SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CITIES OF HYMERA... JASONVILLE...SPENCER AND THE BLOOMINGTON AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND MAY PRODUCE SOME STREET FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO COLUMBUS...WESTPORT AND SEYMOUR AREAS BETWEEN 1215 AM AND 1240 AM EST. PEOPLE IN THE CITIES MENTIONED SHOULD STAiY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS AS LIGHTNING CAN BE A KILLER. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:03 AM EST, 7 minutes before
INZ008>015-070700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1255 AM EST THU JUN 7 1990 AT 1240 AM EST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WESTCENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WILLIAMS OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR HILTONVILLE 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON... AT NORTH VERNON 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND AT CROTHERSVILLE 12 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR. THESE STORMS CONTAINED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY...FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH FREETOWN...BROWNSTOWN AND SEYMOUR TIL 2 AM...POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR MOORESVILLE THROUGH COLUMUBUS TO SEYMOUR. THE AREA THEN EXTENDED BACK WEST ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE BLOOMINGTON.. TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES AREAS AND INTO ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BY 130 AM AND ON EASTWARD TOWARD RUSHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE AND KNIGHTSTOWN AFTER 2AM EST. PERSONS IN CENTRAL...WESTCENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACH. MOTORIST SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 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.