Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 1993, 11:54 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, 11:54 AM EST (16:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 1993, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Martin County, IN, Pike County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 141656 FFWEVV ILC025-033-047-079-101-159-185-191-193-INC027-037-051-083-101-125- 142100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1054 AM CST (1154 AM EST) SUN NOV 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CST (400 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...CLAY COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...EDWARDS COUNTY ...JASPER COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY...WABASH COUNTY ...WAYNE COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...DAVIESS COUNTY...DUBOIS COUNTY...GIBSON COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY ...MARTIN COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS MORNING. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AND THE RAIN CONTINUES. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADS AS WELL AS URBAN FLOODING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WARNING AREAS ARE MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR zCAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BLOCK
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, 5 hours 59 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, 5 hours 55 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, 11:00 AM EST, 54 minutes before
INZALL-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1100 AM EST SUN NOV 14 1993 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... BEDFORD...EVANSVILLE...COLUMBUS... JASPER...PETERSBURG...SCOTTSBURG...VINCENNES...AND TELL CITY. 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. SBH
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 11:03 AM EST, 51 minutes before
INZALL-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1100 AM EST SUN NOV 14 1993 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... BEDFORD...EVANSVILLE...COLUMBUS... JASPER...PETERSBURG...SCOTTSBURG...VINCENNES...AND TELL CITY. 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. SBH
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, 8:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 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, 2:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence | 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.