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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 1993, 8:17 AM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 1993, 8:17 AM EST (13:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 1993, 12:15 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 532 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 543 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 KIND 141321 FFWIND INC109-013-105-021-119-121-133-165-167-141715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 817 AM EST SUN NOV 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...BROWN COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...CLAY COUNTY...OWEN COUNTY...PARKE COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY ...VERMILLION COUNTY...VIGO COUNTY AT 810 AM EST SHERIFF'S OFFICES IN BROWN...MONROE...AND OWEN COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREAMS BEGINNING TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS. SINCE MIDNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREAS. 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. TMA &
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, Nov 14, 5:55 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
INZALL-141400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 555 AM EST SUN NOV 14 1993 PONDING OF WATER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. NEARLY AN INCH FELL IN SOME SECTIONS AROUND THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA. AT 545 AM EST RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 30 MILES WIDE ON EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WATER COULD POND ON ROADWAYS AND FLOOD SMALL CREEKS AND POORLY DRAINED STREETS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. WATER DRAINING OFF HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES COULD CAUSE CARS TO HYDROPLANE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 5:59 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
INZALL-141400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 555 AM EST SUN NOV 14 1993 PONDING OF WATER ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. NEARLY AN INCH FELL IN SOME SECTIONS AROUND THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA. AT 545 AM EST RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 30 MILES WIDE ON EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WATER COULD POND ON ROADWAYS AND FLOOD SMALL CREEKS AND POORLY DRAINED STREETS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO >DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. WATER DRAINING OFF HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES COULD CAUSE CARS TO HYDROPLANE. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 8:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Rush and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Monroe | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence | 3 hr |
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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.