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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 29, 1990Fayette County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 1990, 5:57 AM EST for Fayette County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 1990, 5:57 AM EST (10:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1990, 8:00 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Rush 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1965 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 291059 COR
FFWIND
INC041-139-291300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED ..CORRECTION..
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
557 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...FAYETTE
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...RUSH

AT 550 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS PER HOUR ARE LIKEL
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
AT 550 AM EST FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL ROADWAYS OVER
SOUTHERN FAYETTE WERE FLOODED.

AT 555 AM EST RUSH COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL
ROADWAYS OVER SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO 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.
PRZYBYLINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison45 min
Aug 28, 7:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion42 min
Aug 28, 7:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph, Wayne47 min
Aug 28, 8:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison47 min
Aug 28, 8:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton41 min
Aug 28, 8:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph29 min
Aug 28, 8:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette33 min
Aug 28, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison45 min
Aug 28, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry46 min
Aug 28, 9:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush42 min
Aug 28, 9:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne36 min
Aug 28, 10:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock46 min
Aug 28, 10:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union39 min
Aug 28, 10:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion51 min
Aug 28, 11:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFayette, Henry, Rush118 min
Aug 28, 11:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock53 min
Aug 29, 4:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vigo41 min
Aug 29, 4:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam29 min
Aug 29, 4:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan37 min
Aug 29, 4:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson34 min
Aug 29, 5:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene30 min
Aug 29, 5:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew31 min
Aug 29, 5:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson23 min
Aug 29, 5:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin37 min
Aug 29, 5:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings32 min
Aug 29, 6:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson114 min
Aug 29, 8:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer25 min
Aug 29, 10:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPike33 min

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.