Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 1996, 4:53 AM EST for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1996, 4:53 AM EST (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1996, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 240953 FFWIND INC011-241400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 453 AM EST FRI MAY 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...BOONE COUNTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF BOONE COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTMATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 100 AM IN WESTERN BOONE COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THIS AREA AT 450 AM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 600 AM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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 UPN TO HIGHER GROUND. LASHLEY
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 24, 1:25 AM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
INZ028>030-035>049-240730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 125 AM EST FRI MAY 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN VERMILLION...FOUNTAIN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AT 123 AM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM NEAR MUNCIE TO FRANKFORT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:19 AM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
INZ028>030-035>040-240845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 219 AM EST FRI MAY 24 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 215 AM EST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THE STONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST NORTHEAST OF LEBANON AND ALSO ABOUT 15 MILES WEST NORHTWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. JEH
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:46 AM EST, 7 minutes before
INZ029-030-035>040-241100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 AM EST FRI MAY 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CLINTON... BOONE AND EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AT 435 AM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR DOVER WHICH IS 8 MILES WEST OF LEBANON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. HAIL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR BOONE...MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM EST. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. STAY AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS ODCCURRING. LASHLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 24, 4:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 24, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 32 min |
| May 24, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 51 min |
| May 24, 6:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 39 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.