Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 1993, 11:41 PM EST for Hamilton County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1993, 11:41 PM EST (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1993, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Marion County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 250444 FFWIND INC057-097-250645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1141 PM EST SAT JUL 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...NORTHERN MARION COUNTY AT 1120 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS PRODUCING HAVE RAIN OVER NORTHERN INDAINAPOLIS. NUMEROUS OF REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF INDIANAPOLIS. 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, Jul 24, 6:29 PM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM EST SUN JUL 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING... AT 620 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. AT 610 PM EST THE BENTON COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED A GUST TO 62 MILE AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE AREA AROUND LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE AND FRANKFORT CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE STORMS BETWEEN 630 AND 730PM EST. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:41 PM EST, 4 hours before
INZ004-005-007-008-011-012-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 740 PM EST SUN JUL 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING... AT 730 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LOGANSPORT SOUTHWEST TO LAFAYETTE...AND SOUTH FROM LAFAYETTE SOUTH TO CRAWFORDSVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR THE TOWN OF TAYLOR. ALL OF THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKEN SINCE 7 PM EST AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR THE TOWNS OF BLOOMFIELD AND OWENSBURG. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE ST ORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:47 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-008-011-012-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 740 PM EST SUN JUL 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING... AT 730 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LOGANSPORT SOUTHWEST TO LAFAYETTE...AND SOUTH FROM LAFAYETTE TO CRAWFORDSVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR THE TOWN OF TAYLOR. ALL OF THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKEN SINCE 7 PM EST AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR THE TOWNS OF BLOOMFIELD AND OWENSBURG. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF TLHESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS. WJG LINE 3 DELETE EXTRA /SOUTH/
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:32 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-008-011-012-250230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 PM EST SUN JUL 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING... AT 820 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAFAFETTE EAST TOWARD PERU AND THEN SOUTH TO INDIANAPOLIS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEARING PERU. AT 815 PM EST THE INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM LOGANSPORT TOWARD PERU FROM THIS STORMS. THE STATE POLICE ALSO REPORTED 35 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN THE PERU AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT USE THE PHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DURING A THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON HAS DISSIPATED SINCE 8 PM EST AND ALL OF THE STORMS SOUTH OF KOKOMO HAVE CONTINUED TO WEAKEN SINCE 8 PM EST. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:17 PM EST, 24 minutes before
INZ005-009-010-250515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1115 PM EST SUN JUL 18 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 11 PM EST EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF INDIANAPOLIS NORTH THROUGH ANDERSON TOWARD FORT WAYNE. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND MUNCIE AND NEW CASTLE BY MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANAPOLIS. DO NOT USE THE PHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIP|MENT DURING THUNDERSTORMS. WJG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 41 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.