Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1993, 12:52 AM EST for Hendricks County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1993, 12:52 AM EST (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1993, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 2651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 170553 FFWIND INC063-133-170900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1252 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HENDRICKS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY AT 1245 AM EST THE STATE POLICE REPORTED 1 FOOT OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS INTERSTATE 70 IN SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR THE U.S. ROUTE 231 EXIT. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM WEATHER SATELLITES INDICATE THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PUTNAM COUNTY BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT MONDAY EVENING. UP TO 4 INCHES WAS ESTIMATED OVER HENDRICKS COUNTY DURING THIS SAME TIME. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP FROM THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS TO NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS AT 1245 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS PUTNAM AND HENDRICKS COUNTY. 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 fTO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. SBH &
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, Aug 16, 8:20 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-008-009-011-012-170230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 820 PM EST MON AUG 16 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. AT 819 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITIAN AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA...ESPECIALLY THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. TMA
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:21 PM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-008-009-011-012-170230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 820 PM EST MON AUG 16 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. AT 819 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITIAN AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA...ESPECIALLY THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. TMA
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:15 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
INZALL-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 915 PM EST MON AUG 16 1993 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO SULLIVAN...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE... BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON...GREENCASTLE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...MADISON...SEYMOUR...AND VERNON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:19 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
INZALL-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 915 PM EST MON AUG 16 1993 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO SULLIVAN...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE... BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON...GREENCASTLE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...MADISON...SEYMOUR...AND VERNON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER VCONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:20 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
INZALL-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 PM EST MON AUG 16 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE... BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON...GREENCASTLE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...MADISON...SEYMOUR...AND VERNON. AT 1115 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PRICE WWUS34KSDF ,p^i
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:24 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZALL-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 PM EST MON AUG 16 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE... BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON...GREENCASTLE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...MADISON...SEYMOUR...AND VERNON. AT 1115 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM 30 MILE^S NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 9:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 9:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Morgan | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 10:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 11:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vermillion, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 3 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.