Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Aug 17, 1993, 7:08 AM EST (12:08 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 1993, 10:15 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
708 AM EST TUE AUG 17 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 1015 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS.
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...BROWN COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...CLAY COUNTY...OWEN COUNTY...PARKE COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY...VERMILLION...VIGO
 
A VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER MUCH
OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 AM FOR
THE FOLLOWING INDIANA COUNTIES...PARKE...SOUTHERN PUTNAM...CLAY...
OWEN...MORGAN...MONROE...BROWN...VERMILLION...VIGO AND JACKSON.
 
FLOOD WATERS FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP COVER A GOOD
PORTION THE WARNING COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE AND SOME
BRIDGES HAVE WASHED OUT IN THOSE COUNTIES. EVACUATIONS WERE UNDERWAY AT
SEVERAL TOWNS.
 
AT 655 AM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE CONTINUING IN
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN A 25
MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO JUST WEST
OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS IS IN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
 
THE STORMS WILL DECREASE DURING THE MORNING BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.
 
WATER LEVELS IN CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREzAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
HAINES

In the hours 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

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

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.