Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1990, 4:44 AM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1990, 4:44 AM EST (09:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 2996 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 090946
FFWIND
INC035-095-091145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
444 AM EST SAT JUN 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...DELAWARE
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...MADISON
AT 440 AM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS NEAR THE CITIES OF ANDERSON AND MUNCIE.
OTHER TOWNS BEING EFFECT BY THESE STORMS WERE ELWOOD...ALEXANDRIA AND
YORKTOWN.
IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS I@MMINENT. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.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, 10:58 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
INZ007>010-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1055 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 1050 PM EST...A 25 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE. SEVERAL REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL WERE RECEIVED FROM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS NEAR ANDERSON AND 7 MILES WEST OF MUNCIE BETWEEN 1025 AND 1035 PM EST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST...10 MILES NORTH AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS CONTINUING MOVING EAST AT 35 MsILES AN HOUR ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. . CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGEST STORMS INCLUDE BROWNSBURG...THE NORTH PART OF INDIANAPOLIS...FORTVILLE AND SHIRLEY. BRIEF STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE CITIES. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:51 PM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
INZ009>010-090545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1147 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 1140 PM EST...SHOWERS AND A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN A 25 TO 30 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST AND 10 AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 35 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE MUNCIE...CHESTERFIELD AND NEW CASTLE. BRIEF STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE CITIES. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:08 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
INZ009>010-090545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 107 AM EST SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 1255 PM EST...SHOWERS AND A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH WEST...NORTH CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE IN NORTH WEST INDIANA...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERU IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS CONTINU/E MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADWAYS WILL OCCUR AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. DUMEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:11 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
INZ009>010-090800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 207 AM EST SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 155 AM EST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH WEST...NORTH CENTRAL...AND NORTH EAST INDIANA. IT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE IN NORTH WEST INDIANA...NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF BROOKSTON AND DELPHI. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE BETWEEN LOGANSPORT AND KOKOMO DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR BUNKER HILL AROUND 300 AM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST NORTH EAST OF MARION IN NORTH EAST INDIANA...NEAR MONTPEyLIER AND VAN BUREN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. DUMEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:16 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZ009>010-090545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 312 AM EST SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 255 AM EST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH WEST...NORTH CENTRAL...AND NORTH EAST INDIANA. IT EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 40 MILES NORTH EAST OF MUNCIE. DURING THE PAST HOUR THE LINE HAS BEGUN TO MOVE SOUTH EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN FRANKFORT AND KOKOMO IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF TIPTON AND ELWOOD AND SHOULD BE NEAR ANDERSON BY 400 AM. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. IN ADDITION...BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IS LIKELY. DUMEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 3:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 5:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Randolph | 2 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.