Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1991, 3:33 AM EST for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1991, 3:33 AM EST (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1991, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFWA 310833 FFWFWA INC003-311230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 333 AM EST FRI MAY 31 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...ALLEN COUNTY MANY COUNTY ROADS HAVE FLOODED OVER. CITY SEWERS HAVE SOME BACKUPS. THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE ALLEN COUNTY SHERRIF AND CITY OFFICIALS. ABOUT 3 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 8 HOURS. ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE DAYBREAK. 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.
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, May 30, 11:14 PM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-310500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MICHIANA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 1115 PM EST THU MAY 30 1991 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. AT 1110 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...HOWEVER NONE OF THE STORMS WERE SEVERE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF EDWARDSBURG MICHIGAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES THROUGH AREAS AROUND ADAMSVILLE AND MOTTVILLE MICHIGAN BY 1215 AM EST/115 AM EDT. . SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH A LOW AROUND 70. THE WIND WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. MS
Local storm report, May 30, 11:31 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1130 PM EST THU MAY 30 1991
TIME EVENT
1540EST ONE INCH HAIL ON STATE ROAD 2 APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES
WEST OF SOUTH BEND.
1545EST LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON US HIGHWAY 20 TWO MILES WEST
OF THE MICHIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT CLOSING THE HIGHWAY.
1604EST 1/2 INCH HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AND LIMBS WERE BROKEN OFF
TREES IN LAKEVILLE INDIANA.
1605EST 3/4 INCH HAIL AT STATE ROAD 19 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ELKHART
INDIANA.
1640EST PEA SIZE HAIL AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH IN GOSHEN
INDIANA.
.
1644EST 60 MPH WIND REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH OF GOSHEN INDIANA IN
BENTON INDIANA.
1648EST 60 MPH WINDS AND ONE FOOT DIAMETER TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN
AT NAPPANEE INDIANA.
1702EST 3/4 INCH HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF NAPPANEE INDIANA IN NORTHERN
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY.
1715EST NUMEROUS TREES...POWER LINES AND A BARN WERE BLOWN DOWN
AROUND MILFORD INDIANA. SOME TREES FELL ON HOUSES.
1910EST 1/4 INCH HAIL AT FISH LAKE INDIANA.
1955EST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WERE REPORTED IN NEW CALISLE INDIANA.
1955EST POWER OUTAGES AND WINDS OF 30 MPH WERE REPORTED ON THE WEST
SIDE OF ELKHART INDIANA.
2025EST LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NORTHEAST OF BENTON HARBOR MICHIGAN
IN BENTON TOWNSHIP. POWER OUTAGES WERE SCATTERED FROM BENTON
HARBOR TO COLOMA MICHIGAN.
.
2247EST PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NEW CARISLE INDIANA.
SHIELDSSpecial weather statement, May 31, 12:57 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-310730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 100 AM EST FRI MAY 31 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 300 AM EDT. AT 100 AM EST OR 200 AM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM 40 MILES WEST TO 30 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES WEST OF NORTH MANCHESTER TO KENDALLVILLE. SIMILAR THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR FROM GRABILL TO GENEVA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. BY 200 AM EST OR 300 AM EDT THEY WILL BE 30 MILES NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE OR FROM EDGERTON OHIO TO NORTH MANCHESTER INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODED ROADWAYS. SMALL STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH OVERNIGHT. MH
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:26 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-310900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 225 AM EST FRI MAY 31 1991 AT 225 AM EST/325 EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE LINE STRETCHES BETWEEN DEFIANCE OHIO...FORT WAYNE AND WABASH INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THEY HAD WEAKENED A LITTLE BIT FROM THE INTENSE STORMS EARLIER TONIGHT. BY 4 AM EST/5 EDT...THE STORMS WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST...AND BE 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM BLUFFTON TO MARION INDIANA. BY THEN... THE WEATHER COMBINATION WILL BE MOSTLY RAINSHOWERS WITH SOME WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE MEANTIME...THERE WILL BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WATCH FOR HIGH WATER ON ROADS...AND DON`T DRIVE THROUGH IT. . WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:46 AM EST, 47 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-310945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MICHIANA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 245 AM EST FRI MAY 31 1991 AT 240 AM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WHILE ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS OBSERVED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MARSEILLES AND KANKAKEE ILLINOIS AND BETWEEN WINAMAC AND FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. TA SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH A LOW AROUND 70. THE WIND WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. MS
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:47 AM EST, 46 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-310945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MICHIANA WEATHER UPDATE...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 245 AM EST FRI MAY 31 1991 AT 240 AM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WHILE ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS OBSERVED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MARSEILLES AND KANKAKEE ILLINOIS AND BETWEEN WINAMAC AND FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. TA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington | 25 min |
| May 30, 10:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Grant, Huntington, Wells | 3 hr |
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.