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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1993, 5:51 AM EST for Vermillion County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1993, 5:51 AM EST (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1993, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 171052 FFWIND INC165-167-171400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 551 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...VERMILLION COUNTY...VIGO COUNTY THE VERMILLION COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FEATHER CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS IN THE CLINTON AREA AT 540 AM EST. NUMEROUS STREETS WERE FLOODED IN CLINTON. THE VIGO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STREAMS AND CREEKS RISING ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH SOME FLOODING BEGINNING IN THE FONTANET AREA OF NORTHEAST VIGO COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND WILL BE TRACKING SOUTHEAST ACROSS VERMILLION AND VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 8 AM EST. SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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 17, 2:10 AM EST, 3 hours 41 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, 3 hours 40 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, 4:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 2 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.