Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1995, 4:42 AM CDT for White County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1995, 4:42 AM CDT (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County White County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 170943 RRA FFWEVV ILC193-INC129-163-KYC101-171245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 442 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...POSEY COUNTY...VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...HENDERSON COUNTY HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE AREA PRODUCING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IS APPROACHING THE COUNTIES IN THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA WHICH TENDS TO FLOOD QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. 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. MOV:E TO HIGHER GROUND. SLEIGHTER
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, May 16, 11:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
INZ035>037-039>089-170600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1114 PM EST TUE MAY 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST/CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA... AT 1110 PM EST AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG THE ILLINOIS- INDIANA BORDER FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO VINCENNES. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS TO CINCINNATI OHIO. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS...IS LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 17, 1:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
INZ035>037-039>089-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 101 AM EST WED MAY 17 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA EXPIRED AT 100 AM EST. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. AT 100 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EVANSVILLE TO COLUMBUS TO RICHMOND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING AND THE NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS LIKELY AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS...IS LIKELY AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Wabash | 6 hr |
| May 17, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Edwards, Wayne | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.