Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1993, 4:32 AM EST for Clay County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1993, 4:32 AM EST (09:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1993, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, IN, Owen County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 170934 FFWIND INC021-119-171200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 432 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...CLAY COUNTY...OWEN COUNTY AT 430 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN CLAY AND OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 6 AM EST. THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN THE BRAZIL AREA...WITH SOME CARS ABANDONED IN FLOOD WATERS. THE OWEN COUUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT SOME EVACUATIONS WERE TAKING PLACE AT QUINCY IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHNERE 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. 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, 5 hours 12 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, 5 hours 8 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, 2 hours 22 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, 2 hours 21 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 | 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, 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
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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.