Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 1993, 2:28 PM EST for Jackson County, Jennings County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 1993, 2:28 PM EST (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 1993, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Lawrence County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 141932 FFWIND INC071-093-079-142230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 228 PM EST SUN NOV 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...JACKSON COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...JENNINGS COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL FALL OVER PARTS OF LAWRENCE...JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES BETWEEN 230 AND 530 PM. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN LOW...FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AT 225 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS BETWEEN BEDFORD AND SEYMOUR AND WAS MOVING EAST. RAIN WILL BE ENDING WEST OF BEDFORD BY 300 PM. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. DS
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, 11:00 AM EST, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 25 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, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZ064-067>071-076>078-081>091-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 100 PM EST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT 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. AT 1250 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST. 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. DS
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 1:02 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
INZ064-067>071-076>078-081>091-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 100 PM EST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT 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. AT 1250 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST. 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. DS
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, 11:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.