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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 12, 1993Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 1993, 8:04 PM EST for Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 1993, 8:04 PM EST (01:04 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 1993, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 130105
FFWIND
INC041-161-177-130300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
804 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY...UNION COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 758 PM EST CONNERSVILLE STATE POLICE POST REPORTED 2 BRIDGES WASHED
OUT IN CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY. ANOTHER BRIDGE WAS REPORTED WASHED OUT IN
UNION. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN ALL THREE
COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THIS AREA OF INDIANA THROUGH 9 PM EST.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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 12, 7:15 PM EST, 49 minutes before

INZ004>013-130130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART CENTRAL INDIANA
UNTIL 8 PM EST.

AT 708 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.
THE STONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WEST UNION INDIANA WHICH IS
25 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...AND IN THE AREAS NEAR GREENFIELD...
MORRISTOWN...AND CARTHAGE WHICH ARE FROM 20 TO 30 MILES EAST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.

SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DNAGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.  TAKE COVER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

ELSON

Special weather statement, May 12, 7:16 PM EST, 48 minutes before

INZ004>013-130130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART CENTRAL INDIANA
UNTIL 8 PM EST.

AT 708 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.
THE STONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WEST UNION INDIANA WHICH IS
25 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...AND IN THE AREAS NEAR GREENFIELD...
MORRISTOWN...AND CARTHAGE WHICH ARE FROM 20 TO 30 MILES EAST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.

SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DNAGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.  TAKE COVER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

ELSON

Local storm report, May 12, 7:34 PM EST, 30 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
734 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993

...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR MAY 12...

TIME            LOCATION     EVENT

215-220 PM EST  JOHNSON CO   PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT
                             STONES CROSSING

315 PM EST      DELAWARE CO  WIND GUST TO 58 MPH RECORDED AT MUNCIE
                             AIRPORT

421 PM EST      CASS CO      PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR GALVESTON

430 PM EST      CASS CO      SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON US24 WEST
                             OF LOGANSPORT.  HIGHWAY WAS BLOCKED...
                             4 VEHICLES DAMAGED.
.
630 PM EST      RUSH CO      3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT SEXTON BY
                             AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.  POLICE REPORTED
                             HAIL 6 TO 7 INCHES DEEP IN 7 MILES
                             NORTH OF RUSHVILLE.

ELSON

Local storm report, May 12, 7:34 PM EST, 30 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
734 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993

...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR MAY 12...

TIME            LOCATION     EVENT

215-220 PM EST  JOHNSON CO   PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT
                             STONES CROSSING

315 PM EST      DELAWARE CO  WIND GUST TO 58 MPH RECORDED AT MUNCIE
                             AIRPORT

421 PM EST      CASS CO      PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR GALVESTON

430 PM EST      CASS CO      SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON US24 WEST
                             OF LOGANSPORT.  HIGHWAY WAS BLOCKED...
                             4 VEHICLES DAMAGED.
.
630 PM EST      RUSH CO      3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT SEXTON BY
                             AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.  POLICE REPORTED
                             HAIL 6 TO 7 INCHES DEEP IN 7 MILES
                             NORTH OF RUSHVILLE.

ELSON

Special weather statement, May 12, 8:00 PM EST, 4 minutes before

INZ004>013-130200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
800 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL INDIANA EXPIRED AT 8 PM EST.

AT 8 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED NEAR A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
TERRE HAUTE IN THE WEST...TO SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO 30 MILES EAST
OF SHELBYVILLE.  THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE STILL LIKELY WITH
THE STRONGEST STORMS.

ELSON

Special weather statement, May 12, 8:00 PM EST, 4 minutes before

INZ004>013-130200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
800 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL INDIANA EXPIRED AT 8 PM EST.

AT 8 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED NEAR A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
TERRE HAUTE IN THE WEST...TO SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO 30 MILES EAST
OF SHELBYVILLE.  THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE STILL LIKELY WITH
THE STRONGEST STORMS.

ELSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 8:14 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Rush	2 hr

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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.