Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1991, 9:02 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1991, 9:02 PM EST (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1991, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Joseph County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 KSBN 020204 FFWSBN MIC149-020400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 902 PM EST (1002 PM EDT) MON JUL 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST(MIDNIGHT EDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...ST JOSEPH COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED ACROSS ST. JOSEPH COUNTY MICHIGAN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUMPED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTY. ST. JOSEPH COUNTY MICHIGAN SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AT 855 PM EST...955 PM EDT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. CLICK
What 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 1, 4:35 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
INZALL-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 435 PM EST MON JUL 1 1991 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNIL 1100 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTHWEST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 45 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...LAPORTE...ELKHART... RENSSELAER...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE AND NEWPORT. 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. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:40 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
INZALL-012340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 538 PM EST MON JUL 1 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNIL 1100 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 45 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...LAPORTE...ELKHART... RENSSELAER...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE AND NEWPORT. AT 535 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SMALL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE NEAR MONON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND PEORIA. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:23 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
INZALL-020020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 620 PM EST MON JUL 1 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNIL 1100 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 45 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...LAPORTE...ELKHART... RENSSELAER...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE AND NEWPORT. AT 615 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT NEAR LAKE CICOTT. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 15 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR OTTERBEIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AT 615 PM EST THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CHAMPAIGN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SHORTLY AFTER 700 PM EST. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HARLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:16 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
INZALL-020115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 715 PM EST MON JUL 1 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNIL 1100 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WERE APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 712 PM EST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS AT 710 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 67 MPH AT DECATUR ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN INDIANA BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND DANVILLE ILLINOIS BY 800 PM EST. POEPLE IN THE WESTERN INDJIANA TOWNS OF CLINTON...NEWPORT...PERRYSVILLE ...MECCA...MONTEZUMA...AND COVINGTON SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. HARLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:50 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZALL-020150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 748 PM EST MON JUL 1 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNIL 1100 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 745 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF LOGANSPORT INDIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES EAST OF LOGANSPORT NEAR PERU...AND NEAR LAFAYETTE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR COVINGTON. AT 730 PM EST TV 18 IN LAFAYETTE REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 44 MPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF PYRMONT ...RADNOR...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...(ATTICA...AND ODELL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM EST. HARLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:20 PM EST, 42 minutes before
INZALL-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 818 PM EST MON JUL 1 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 815 PM EST...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES EAST OF LOGANSPORT TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...THEN CONTINUED TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE AND THEN INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 20 MILES EAST OF AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT...10 MILES EAST OF AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WEST LAFAYETTE POLICE REPORTED SMALL HAIL AT 747 PM EST IN WEST LAFAYETTE. . STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL MOVE THROUGH WABASH...MARION...LINDEN AND KOKOMO BY 840 PM EST. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 53 min |
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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.