Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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.
RUNNELSWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 110 min |
| Jun 8, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 2 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.