Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 1990, 8:32 AM EST for Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 1990, 8:32 AM EST (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1990, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huntington 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 181332
FFWFWA
INC069-181630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
832 AM EST SAT AUG 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
NORTHERN HUNTINGTON
AT 830 AM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING
ACROSS HUNTINGTON COUNTY. THIS WAS RAIN FALLING ON GROUND ALREADY
SATURATED BY OVERNIGHT RAINFALL.
THE LITTLE RIVER HAS RISEN RAPIDLY THIS MORNING DUE TO THESE RAINS.
UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL REPORTS OF FIVE INCHES OVERNIGHT HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED.
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.
TIMLINWhat 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, Aug 18, 3:20 AM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
INZ001-004-181000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 315 AM EST SAT AUG 18 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 310 AM EST...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF TWIN LAKES...24 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND...AND 10 MILES OUT TO 30 MILES WEST OF GLENDORA MICHIGAN... 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH SAWYER IN MICHIGAN...TWIN LAKES...AND CULVER IN INDIANA. . DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A ROADWAY THAT IS COVERED WITH WATER. GALLAGHER
Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:15 AM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
415 AM EST SAT AUG 19 1990
STORM REPORT FOR FRI AUG 17 1990. ALL TIMES IN EST.
TIME LOCATION EVENT
2130 EST GRANT CTY TREES# AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN
NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY BY THE SHERIFFS DEPT..
MARSHALLSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 4:19 AM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
INZ001-004-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 415 AM EST SAT AUG 18 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 310 AM EST...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER LAPORTE...18 MILES WEST SOTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLYMOUTH...21 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND...AND JUST WEST OF MICHIGAN CITY...ALL IN INDIANA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING( OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH LAPORTE...MICHIGAN CITY...AND TWIN LAKES. . DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A ROADWAY THAT IS COVERED WITH WATER. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 5:39 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
INZ001-004-181300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 530 AM EST SAT AUG 18 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 525 AM EST...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER TIPPECANOE...31 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND...JUST EAST OF LA CROSSE...34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND...AND OVER KNOX...27 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH BREMS...BOURBON...AND OBER. . DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A ROADWAY THAT IS COVERED WITH WATER. GALLAGHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 9:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 1:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay, Wells | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Wabash | 2 hr |
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.