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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1993, 3:43 AM EST for Brown County, Jackson County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1993, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1993, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 170845 FFWIND INC063-109-013-071-105-121-133-171200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 343 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR PARKE...SOUTHERN PUTNAM... MORGAN...HENDRICKS...MONROE...BROWN...AND JACKSON COUNTIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM EST. AT 335 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRACK SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...BRINGING REPEATED HEAVY RAINS TO THE SAME AREAS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED IN THE AREA FROM SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY TO BROWN COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SERIOUS FLOODING IN THE CLOVERDALE AREA OF SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNLESS ABSOLUTLEY NECESSARY. CARS CAN BE SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. 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. 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, 11:20 PM EST, 4 hours 23 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, 4 hours 19 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, 1 hour 33 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, 1 hour 32 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, 3:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.