Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1993, 2:35 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1993, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 071937 FFWSBN INC091-141-072330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 235 PM EST (235 PM CDT) MON JUN 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST (630 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...LAPORTE COUNTY...ST JOSEPH COUNTY AT 230 PM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER NORTHERN LAPORTE AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF /1.50/ AND THREE /3.00/ INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE LAPORTE AND SOUTH BEND AREAS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 4 PM EST. THIS WILL ONLY BRING MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS TO THE ALREADY HARD HIT AREAS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND DITCHES...AS WELL AS FLOODED STREETS. 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. BARJENBRUCH&
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, Jun 7, 10:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
INZALL-071700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1002 AM EST MON JUN 7 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST...BUT INCLUDES ONLY ONE COUNTY IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE...LAKE COUNTY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...MERRILLVILLE AND CROWN POINT. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SjHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
INZ001>007-010-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1255 PM EST MON JUN 7 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE THROUGH MUNICE AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE... SOUTH BEND...KOKOMO AND PERU 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. STEIGERWALDT ...CORRECTED FOR TIME...
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
INZ001>007-010-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1255 AM EST MON JUN 7 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE THROUGH MUNICE AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE... SOUTH BEND...KOKOMO AND PERU REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOS*E 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. WJG
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
INZ001>007-010-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1255 PM EST MON JUN 7 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE THROUGH MUNICE AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE... SOUTH BEND...KOKOMO AND PERU REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEAT8HER 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. STEIGERWALDT ...CORRECTED FOR TIME...
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
INZ001>007-010-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 212PM EST MON JUN 7 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE THROUGH MUNICE AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE... SOUTH BEND...KOKOMO AND PERU SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN PART OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. BETWEEN NOW AND 230 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PERU AREA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL INDIANA. BETWEEN NOW AND 3 PM RAIN WILL END WEST OF LOGANSPORT...KOKOMO...AND NOBLESVILLE. CURRAN
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
INZ001>007-010-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 212PM EST MON JUN 7 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE THROUGH MUNICE AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE... SOUTH BEND...KOKOMO AND PERU SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN PART OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. BETWEEN NOW AND 230 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PERU AREA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL INDIANA. BETWEEN NOW AND 3 PM RAIN WILL END WEST OF LOGANSPORT...KOKOMO...AND NOBLESVILLE. CURRAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 30 min |
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.