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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 11, 1993Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 1993, 5:50 PM EST for Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1993, 5:50 PM EST (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1993, 9:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Clinton County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jun 11, 4:48 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
448 PM EST (348 PM CST) FRI JUN 11 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WERE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AT 442
PM EST.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EASTERN PART OF MARTIN COUNTY INDIANA THAT WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAWRENCE COUNTY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 445
AND 530 PM.  SOME TOWNS IN TH PATH OF THE STORMS ARE HURON AND MITCHELL
INDIANA.

IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE
ACTION.

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:48 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
INZ011-012-112245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
448 PM EST (348 PM CST) FRI JUN 11 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WERE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AT 442
PM EST.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EASTERN PART OF MARTIN COUNTY INDIANA THAT WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAWRENCE COUNTY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 445
AND 530 PM.  SOME TOWNS IN TH PATH OF THE STORMS ARE HURON AND MITCHELL
INDIANA.

IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE
ACTION.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess53 min
Jun 11, 4:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin43 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.