Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 1990, 7:17 PM EST for Blackford County, Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1990, 7:17 PM EST (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1990, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blackford County, IN, Jay 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 110017
FFWFWA
INC009-075-110315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
717 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
SOUTHERN BLACKFORD...JAY
AT 705 PM EST...AN AMATEUR RADOI OPERATOR REPORTED 1.50 INCHES
OF RAINFALL IN 1/2 HOUR NEAR PENNVILLE IN JAY COUNTY OF NORTHEAST
INDIANA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FLOODING IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY SWEEP YOU AWAY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE
FLOOD DANGERS AND WASHED OUT ROADS.
PEOPLE IN THE THREATENED AREA SHOULD MOVE TO THE HIGHEST GROUND
POSSIBLE IMMEDIATELY.
BARJENBRUCHWhat 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, Mar 10, 4:06 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
INZ002-003-MIZ001-002-102300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 400 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PULASKI AND FULTON COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 355 PM EST...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND AND EXTENDED WEST TO THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BORDER AND SOUTH TO ROCHESTER INDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS OF 350 PM EST. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AND HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARNOLD
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:07 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-102200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 407 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INCLUDING THE COUNTY OF WABASH... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO FOR TONIGHT... AT 400 PM EST...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL COVER NEARLY ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA BY 5 PM EST. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING OCCURS. AT 400 PM EST...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION BY 5 PM. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:05 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-102300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 505 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INCLUDING THE COUNTY OF WABASH... ...FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE ST JOSEPH AND TIFFIN RIVERS IN NORTHWEST OHIO... AT 500 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF MARION TO 15 MILES EAST OF MARION OR NEAR HARTFORD CITY IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND THE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PERSONS IN NEAR THE CITY OF MARION) AND THE TOWNS OF UPLAND AND HARTFORD CITY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST INDIANA FOR TONIGHT AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO FOR TONIGHT. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:28 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
INZ002-003-MIZ001-002-110030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 525 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PULASKI AND FULTON COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT... AT 520 PM EST...THE NORTHERN EDGE OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WITH SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF INDIANA...WEST ALONG THE MICHIGAN BORDER TO NEAR SOUTH BEND THEN CURVED SOUTHWEST TO 25 MILES NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY SOUTH OF A LAYAYETTE AND FORT WAYNE LINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN OR NORITHCENTRAL INDIANA AS OF 520 PM EST. TA
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:56 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-102345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 555 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INCLUDING THE COUNTY OF WABASH... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO TONIGHT... AT 550 PM EST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BY 645 PM EST...THESE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF MARION TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT...PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 6:22 PM EST, 55 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-110000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 620 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INCLUDING THE COUNTY OF WABASH... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO TONIGHT... AT 615 PM EST...A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUFTON IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 700 PM EST...THIS STORM WILL BE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR ROCKFORD IN NORTHWEST OHIO. BARJENBRUCH
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.