Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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 &
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 38 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.