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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 1995Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1995, 4:38 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 4:38 PM EST (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 10:45 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 963 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 262139
FFWIND
INC095-270345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
438 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER MADISON
COUNTY. AT 430 PM EST SPOTTERS BETWEEN ANDERSON AND ALEXANDRIA
REPORTED EXTENSIVE FLOODING.  RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL OVER THE LAST
3 HOURS TO BE GREATER THAN 3 INCHES BETWEEN ANDERSON AND ALEXANDRIA.
 
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
ACROSS MADISON COUNTY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
CES
 
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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, Jun 26, 1:15 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
INZ001>092-270100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
115 PM  EST MON JUN 26 1995

IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM 12 MILES EAST
OF MARION TO 15 MILES WEST OF MADISON...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
12 MILES EAST OF MARION TO 45 MILES EAST OF MARION.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MUNCIE...PORTLAND...NEW CASTLE
...RICHMOND...GREENSBURG...LAWRENCEBURG...AND MADISON.

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 POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SBH
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:17 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
INZ022-261930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
115 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF CASS COUNTY THROUGH 2
PM.  PERSONS IN LAKE CICOTT...ROYAL CENTER...AND LOGANSPORT CAN
EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS
PASS.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

CES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox40 min
Jun 26, 1:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass41 min
Jun 26, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison44 min
Jun 26, 3:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam43 min
Jun 26, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush69 min
Jun 26, 6:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam54 min
Jun 26, 6:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass34 min
Jun 26, 6:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami38 min

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.