Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1993, 1:55 AM EST for Brown County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1993, 1:55 AM EST (06:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1993, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 170657 FFWIND INC013-170900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 155 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BROWN COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 AM EST. AT 150 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM BLOOMINGTON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN BROWN COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM EST. AT 110 AM EST THE BROWN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE COUNTY WERE FLOODED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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, 5 hours 35 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, 5 hours 34 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, 4 hours 40 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, 4 hours 36 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, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 31 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, 12:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan | 3 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.