Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 1995, 8:20 AM EST for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1995, 8:20 AM EST (13:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1995, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:19 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 071325 FFWIND INC105-071645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 820 AM EST MON AUG 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...MONROE COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY AT 820 AM EST. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY...NEAR ELLETSVILLE OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 930 AM EST. 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. SGE
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, Aug 7, 5:10 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
INZ043-044-051-052-060-061-071115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 AM EST MON AUG 7 1995 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME WESTERN INDIANA CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. AT 5 AM EST...THE LINE OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR LINTON...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE THROUGH TERRE HAUTE TO NEAR COVINGTON...OR 20 MILES EAST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE IN NORTHWEST GREENE COUNTY ...EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTIES. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED SOME PLACES BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND LINTON RECEIVED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE DUMPING THIS HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD EXIT THE AREA BEFORE 6 AM EST. PONDING OF WATER AND TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY THROUGH 6 AM IN NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHEAST SULLIVAN AND SOUTHEAST VIGO COUNTIES. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. REMAIN ALERT FOR PONDED WATER ON THE ROADS. SGE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:13 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
INZ043-044-051-052-060-061-071115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 AM EST MON AUG 7 1995 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME WESTERN INDIANA CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. AT 5 AM EST...THE LINE OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR LINTON...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE THROUGH TERRE HAUTE TO NEAR COVINGTON...OR 20 MILES EAST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE IN NORTHWEST GREENE COUNTY ...EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTIES. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED SOME PLACES BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND LINTON RECEIVED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE DUMPING THIS HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD EXIT THE AREA BEFORE 6 AM EST. PONDING OF WATER AND TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY THROUGH 6 AM IN NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHEAST SULLIVAN AND SOUTHEAST VIGO COUNTIES. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. REMAIN ALERT FOR PONDED WATER ON THE ROADS. SGE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:57 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
INZ051>053-060-061-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 657 AM EST MON AUG 7 1995 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN OWEN AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 640 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED OVER 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 530 AM OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE FREEDOM AREA..OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. AREAS OF SOUTHERN VIGO...SOUTHERN CLAY...SOUTHERN OWEN AND NORTHERN GREENE COUNTIES CONTINUE TO RECEIVE ON AND OFF DOWNPOURS THIS MORNING. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 4 AM TO BE IN THE 1.00 TO 3.00 INCH RANGE OVER THE AREA. RAIN CONTINUES TO BE IN THE PICTURE THROUGH MID MORNING. A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS EXTENDS BACK INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS AT 645 AM EST. THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. AS A RESULT...YOU CAN EXPECT ON AND OFF SHOWERS THROUGH 10 AM. THESE SHOWERS COULD HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT TIMES...BUT SHOULD NOT BE AS HEAVY AS THE RAIN THAT ACCOMPANIED THE INITIAL BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ROLLED THROUGH THIS MORNING. PONDING OF WATER AND TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY THROUGH 10 AM IN NORTHERN GREENE...NORTHEAST SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO AND SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON ROADS THAT ARE UNDER WATER. SGE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:01 AM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
INZ051>053-060-061-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 657 AM EST MON AUG 7 1995 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN OWEN AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 640 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED OVER 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 530 AM OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE FREEDOM AREA..OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. AREAS OF SOUTHERN VIGO...SOUTHERN CLAY...SOUTHERN OWEN AND NORTHERN GREENE COUNTIES CONTINUE TO RECEIVE ON AND OFF DOWNPOURS THIS MORNING. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 4 AM TO BE IN THE 1.00 TO 3.00 INCH RANGE OVER THE AREA. RAIN CONTINUES TO BE IN THE PICTURE THROUGH MID MORNING. A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS EXTENDS BACK INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS AT 645 AM EST. THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. AS A RESULT...YOU CAN EXPECT ON AND OFF SHOWERS THROUGH 10 AM. THESE SHOWERS COULD HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT TIMES...BUT SHOULD NOT BE AS HEAVY AS THE RAIN THAT ACCOMPANIED THE INITIAL BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ROLLED THROUGH THIS MORNING. PONDING OF WATER AND TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY THROUGH 10 AM IN NORTHERN GREENE...NORTHEAST SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO AND SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ON ROADS THAT ARE UNDER WATER. SGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 4 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.