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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 3, 1993Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 1993, 1:26 AM EST for Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1993, 1:26 AM EST (06:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1993, 4:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 030629
FFWIND
INC071-079-030930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
126 AM EST SAT JUL 3 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...JENNINGS COUNTY
 
AT 115 AM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WESTERN
PART OF JACKSON COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF SEYMOUR.
 
THIS AREA WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS BOTH JACKSON AND JENNING COUNTIES
THROUGH AN AREA WHICH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF SEYMOUR...BROWNSTOWN AND LOVETT SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING.
 
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.
 
 
WJG

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 2, 10:00 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
INZ011>015-030400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1000 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA EXPIRED AT 10
PM...

AT 1000 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO COLUMBUS TO CINCINNATI OHIO.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING.

MARGRAF
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:02 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
INZ011>015-030400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1000 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA EXPIRED AT 10
PM...

AT 1000 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO COLUMBUS TO CINCINNATI OHIO.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING.

MARGRAF
Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:09 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993

...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR JULY 2...

TIME             LOCATION                    EVENT

320 PM EST       COMMISKEY                   POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
                 JENNINGS CO.                REPORTED BY LOCAL POLICE.

335 PM EST       GOSPORT                     TREES WERE DOWNED. REPORTED
                 OWEN CO.                    BY COUNTY SHERIFF.

354 PM EST       AVON                        PUBLIC REPORT OF TREES
                 HENDRICKS CO.               BLOWN DOWN.

355 PM EST       WEST OF MARTINSVILLE        COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                 MORGAN CO.                  TREES BLOWN DOWN.
.
410 PM EST       CLINTON                     WINDS DAMAGED A BUILDING
                 VERMILLION CO.              AND DOWNED TREES. THERE
                                             WAS ONE FATALITY WHEN A
                                             TREE FELL ON A CAR.
                                             REPORTED BY STATE POLICE
                                             AND STATE EMERGENCY
                                             MANAGEMENT.

415 PM EST       PARKE CO.                   COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                                             POWER LINES DOWNED AND
                                             WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
                                             HOUSES IN WESTERN PART
                                             OF COUNTY.

SBH
Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:10 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993

...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR JULY 2...

TIME             LOCATION                    EVENT

320 PM EST       COMMISKEY                   POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
                 JENNINGS CO.                REPORTED BY LOCAL POLICE.

335 PM EST       GOSPORT                     TREES WERE DOWNED. REPORTED
                 OWEN CO.                    BY COUNTY SHERIFF.

354 PM EST       AVON                        PUBLIC REPORT OF TREES
                 HENDRICKS CO.               BLOWN DOWN.

355 PM EST       WEST OF MARTINSVILLE        COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                 MORGAN CO.                  TREES BLOWN DOWN.
.
410 PM EST       CLINTON                     WINDS DAMAGED A BUILDING
                 VERMILLION CO.              AND DOWNED TREES. THERE
                                             WAS ONE FATALITY WHEN A
                                             TREE FELL ON A CAR.
                                             REPORTED BY STATE POLICE
                                             AND STATE EMERGENCY
                                             MANAGEMENT.

415 PM EST       PARKE CO.                   COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                                             POWER LINES DOWNED AND
                                             WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
                                             HOUSES IN WESTERN PART
                                             OF COUNTY.

SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:00 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
INZ011>015-030500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1100 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA EXPIRED AT
11 PM...

AT 1055 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A SERIOUS THREAT.  THE
STORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT.

ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:02 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
INZ011>015-030500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1100 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA EXPIRED AT
11 PM...

AT 1055 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A SERIOUS THREAT.  THE
STORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT.

ELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 4:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton55 min
Jul 3, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson52 min
Jul 3, 6:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan60 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew73 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWarren3 hr
Jul 3, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson50 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.