Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Aug 28, 1990, 11:02 PM EST (04:02 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 1990, 1:00 AM EST

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Henry County, IN, Rush County, IN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1102 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
      SOUTHERN HENRY...FAYETTE...

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
      RUSH...

AT 1045 PM EST RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN HENRY
RUSH AND FAYETTE COUNTIES OF EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS
PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT CAUSED ROADS...CREEKS AND SMALL
STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES TO FLOOD RAPIDLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED STREETS AND ROADS. FAYETTE AND RUSH COUNTY SHERIFFS
REPORTED STATE ROAD 44 WEST OF CONNERSVILLE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER FROM THESE STORMS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FLOODING IMMEDIATELY.

SEEK SAFETY BEFORE FLOWING WATER BLOCKS YOUR ESCAPE ROUTE. STAY
AWAY FROM FLOODED STREAMS...STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE,
RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY SWEEP YOU zAWAY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS AND WASHED OUT ROADS.

WHEN FLOOD WATERS INUNDATE URBAN STREETS, DO NOT ENTER UNDERGROUND
GARAGES, BASEMENTS AND ELEVATORS.

 KOLDITZ

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
720  PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990

IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 696 IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100  AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...
NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO MADISON AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
10 MILES NORTH WEST OF FAWLER TO BLUFFTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800PM FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND UNTIL 900 PM
FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...LAFAYETTE...
TERRE HAUTE AND BLOOMINGTON.

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.

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

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.