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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 8, 1990Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1990, 6:58 PM EST for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1990, 6:58 PM EST (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1990, 9:00 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 082358
FFWEVV
INC027-083-101-090200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
658 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF INDIANA
      DAVIESS...KNOX...MARTIN

AT 655 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO
MOVE OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. KNOX COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE
REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER AT THE REST STOP ON INDIANA HIGHWAY 67
BETWEEN BICKNELL AND VINCENNES.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY PLUS
THE ROADWAY MAY BE WASHED OUT. A VEHICLE CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGH GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. ITS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELASTIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS WHICH
CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING
ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING WEATHER.

 RUNNELS

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 8, 4:25 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
INZALL-082300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
424 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990

AT 420 PM EST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST AND
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION. THE STORM NORTHEAST OF MARION WAS
PRODUCING 40 MPH WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN NEAR I-69 AT 420 PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ILLINOIS
AND IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA NEAR THE OHIO RIVER.

THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PART OF NORTHEAST
INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD BE ALERT
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL
...DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.

LISTEzN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:01 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
INZALL-092300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
500 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA
UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. LAFAYETTE
...FORT WAYNE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...AND
EVANSVILLE ARE IN THE WATCH.

AT 455 PM EST RADAR SHOWED NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM JUST
SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD TO NORTH OF NASHVILLE TO 15 MILES EAST OF
BEDFORD.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR PARIS
ILLINOIS.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:27 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
INZALL-092330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
527 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA
UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. LAFAYETTE
...FORT WAYNE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...AND
EVANSVILLE ARE IN THE WATCH.

AT 525 PM EST RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN A NARROW
LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO CRAWFORDSVILLE...FRANKFORT AND
KOKOMO AND EAST TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
WAS NEAR VINCENNES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE
EAST AT 35 MPH.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:07 PM EST, 51 minutes before
INZ011>015-090400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
605 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990

IN INDIANA TORNADO  WATCH NUMBER 423 IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM  EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREENCASTLE TO TELL CITY...AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREENCASTLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH
OF RICHMOND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... BLOMINGTON...BEDFORD...COLUMBUS...
SEYMOUR...BROOKVILLE AND MADISON.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER 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.
STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:23 PM EST, 35 minutes before
INZ004>015-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
622 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA
UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. ALL OF
INDIANA EXCEPT THE FAR NORTH IS NOW UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

AT 620 PM EST RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NORTH OF A VINCENNES TO NORTH OF WASHINGTON AND JUST EAST OF JASPER
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER WAS 5 MILES WEST OF
BEDFORD IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF MARION IN
EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.

OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST  AT 35 MPH.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:56 PM EST, 2 minutes before
INZ004>015-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
655 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA
UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. ALL OF
INDIANA EXCEPT THE FAR NORTH IS NOW UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.

AT 650 PM EST RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST NORTH OF A VINCENNES TO SOUTHWEST OF PAOLI. THESE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG IN
EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION IN NORTH OR
CENTRAL INDIANA OR CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

ALNLSOPP
ALLSOPP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison2 hr
Jun 8, 2:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton2 hr
Jun 8, 3:10 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph110 min
Jun 8, 4:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey37 min
Jun 8, 5:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVanderburgh, Warrick43 min
Jun 8, 5:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry38 min
Jun 8, 6:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMartin2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.