Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 8, 1995, 5:00 PM EST for Greene County, Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 1995, 5:00 PM EST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1995, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 082202 RRA FFWIND INC105-055-119-090100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY AT 450 PM...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AT SOLSBERRY...WHITEHALL AND FREEMAN. THE FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN LOW AREAS AND ALONG DRAINAGE DITCHES. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED OVER STATE ROAD 43 BETWEEN WHITEHALL AND FREEMAN. MORE THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TOWARD BLOOMINGTON. STORMS WITH MORE HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE...AROUND SULLIVAN. THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA BY 600 PM. 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 AB<ANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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, Apr 8, 2:54 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
INZ056>059-061>066-068>080-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 254 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST...AND COVERS A 70 MILE WIDE AREA CENTERED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKVILLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING. DS
Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 341 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 235 PM JASONVILLE IN ONE INCH HAIL 4/8/95 GREENE COUNTY CT
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 3:52 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
INZ054>056-061>065-070-071-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 352 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 345 PM EST RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR LINTON...TO BLOOMINGTON. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF HALF INCH HAIL WITH THESE STORMS...AND AT 342 PM EST HAIL WAS REPORTED COVERING THE GROUND IN NEWARK WHICH IS 15 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON. OTHER STORMS EXTENDED FROM BLOOMINGTON EAST THROUGH COLUMBUS TO GREENSBURG. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS DEVELOPING 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH 5 PM. ELSON
Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:23 PM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 422 PM EST SAT APR 8 1
Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:23 PM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 422 PM EST SAT APR 8 1
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:35 PM EST, 25 minutes before
INZ044-045-049-052-053-057-060>065-070>072-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 435 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 430 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AT WAYMANSVILLE...AAT 415 PM. HALF INCH HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AT KIRKSVILLE...AT 430 PM. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND THE LINE WAS SINKING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARD SEYMOUR. IF STORMS ARE NEAR YOU...STAY INDOORS OR MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THEY PASS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS. SLOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED AROUND SULLIVAN AND LINTON...AROUND GREENSBURG...AROUND GREENCASTLE AND AROUND NEW CASTLE. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 52 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.