Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1993, 3:06 AM EST for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1993, 3:06 AM EST (08:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1993, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 170808 FFWIND INC105-171100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 306 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 AM EST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS MONROE COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 300 AM EST. ESTIMATES FROM WEATHER RADAR INDICATE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN MONROE COUNTY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM EST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM EST...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE CREEKS IN MONROE COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. 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, 9:15 PM EST, 5 hours 51 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, 5 hours 47 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, 3 hours 46 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, 3 hours 42 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
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:10 AM EST, 56 minutes before
INZALL-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 210 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA HAS EXPIRED AS OF 200 AM EST. HOWEVER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:11 AM EST, 55 minutes before
INZALL-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 210 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA HAS EXPIRED AS OF 200 AM EST. HOWEVER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. HENDRICKSON
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, 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, 3:43 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.