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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 1990, 6:19 PM EST for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1990, 6:19 PM EST (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 092325
FFWIND
INC011-100215-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
619 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTHWESTERN BOONE
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED 2.75 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT 90
MINUTES TWO MILES NORTH OF DOVER AT 610 PM EST. FLASH FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED IN BOONE COUNTY NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 32 AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 65.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TAO 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.
MPDWhat 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, Jul 9, 5:03 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
INZ010-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 501 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 THE SEVERE THUUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DELAWARE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT 5 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE STILL OVER DELAWARE COUNTY BUT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:13 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
INZALL>-092310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 510 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 A SEVERE THUUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY. AT 445 PM EST THE STATE POLICE REPORTED 40 TO 45 MILE AN HOUR WIND IN SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTY. AT 448 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED WINDS ESTIMEATED TO NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR IN GREENFIELD...20 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. AT 505 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A TREE DOWN IN NEW CASTLE...40 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:33 PM EST, 46 minutes before
INZALL>-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 531 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 A SEVERE THUUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR BOONE COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT 525 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS INTO NORTHWEST BOONE COUNTY AND THEN TO AROUND KOKOMO AND LOGANSPORT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. PRICE
Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:57 PM EST, 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
557 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990
501 PM EST MEASURED 65 MILE PER HOUR WINDS FIVE MILES NORTH OF
RICHMOND ON INTERSTATE 70 IN WAYNE COUNTY. MEAS)URED BY
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR. AT SAME TIME POWER LINES DOWN
10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND.
MPDSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 6:06 PM EST, 13 minutes before
INZALL>-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 605 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 A SEVERE THUUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF FOR3T WAYNE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. MPD
Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:13 PM EST, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
613 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990
510 PM EST TREES, LIGHTPOLES, AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR LYNN IN
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY. A TRANSFORMER EXPLOD7ED WHEN
A POLE FELL, AND A FALLEN POWER LINE SET FIRE TO A TREE.
REPORT FROM THE RANDOLPH COUNTY POLICE.
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 5:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 47 min |
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.