Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 4:55 AM EST for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 4:55 AM EST (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 180956 FFWIND INC005-031-079-181400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 455 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY...DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...JENNINGS COUNTY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS WAS CAUSING CREEKS TO QUICKLY RISE AND FLOOD NEAR BY ROADS. AT 445 AM THE BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS WERE FLOODED. THEY REPORTED THAT ABOUT ANY LOW LYING ROAD NEAR A CREEK HAD WATER OVER IT. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE EAST OF INDIANA DURING THE MORNING BUT LIGHTER RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME CREEKS BY FLOOD QUICKLY WHILE OTHERS MAY TAKE AN HOUR OR SO TO FLOOD. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS THIS MORNING. 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. & HAINES
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 18, 1:09 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
INZ067>069-076>079-081>089-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 107 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA UNTIL 7 AM EST. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA UNTIL 7 AM EST. IN INDIANA THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PORTION SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MADISON...EVANSVILLE...JASPER ...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...AND NEW ALBANY. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENIN^G WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TMA
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:09 AM EST, 46 minutes before
INZ067-068-069-076-077-078-079-081-082-083-084-085-086-087-088- 089-090-091-092-181215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 406 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... AT 4 AM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN SEYMOUR INDIANA AND LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING SO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YlOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. TA
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:26 AM EST, 29 minutes before
INZ074-075-080-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 11 AM EST. IN INDIANA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE 3 COUNTIES OF DEARBORN...OHIO...AND SWITZERLAND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE VEVAY...RISING SUN...AND LAWRENCEBURG. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS 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 POSSIBLES WARNING. TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| May 18, 1:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| May 18, 2:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Dubois, Perry | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Spencer | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 46 min |
| May 18, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Pike | 54 min |
| May 18, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Decatur, Hancock, Rush, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.