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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 1996Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 1996, 10:42 PM EST for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 23, 1996, 10:42 PM EST (03:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 1996, 1:45 AM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 240344
FFWIND
INC045-107-157-240645-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1042 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...FOUNTAIN COUNTY...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY
 
AT 1035 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE MOVE THROUGH
FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY AND TIPPICANOE COUNTIES.
 
THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED 80 PERCENT OF THE STATE
ROADS IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. SEVERAL OF THE
HIGHWAYS IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY WERE WASHED OUT.
 
RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE AREA THIS
EVENING.
 
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN ILLINOIS. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
HAINES
 
 
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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

Local storm report, Jun 23, 8:39 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
838 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

835 DPM     1 SE ANDERSON             IN   2.00 INCH HAIL
6/23/96    MADISON

Local storm report, Jun 23, 8:56 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
855 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

850 xPM     5 NW NEW CASTLE           IN   1.00 INCH HAIL
6/23/96    HENRY

Local storm report, Jun 23, 8:57 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
857 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

853 PM     3 W NEW CASTLE            IN   1.50 INCH HAIL
6/23/96    HENRY

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 9:44 PM EST, 58 minutes before

INZ049-240315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
943 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY EXPIRED AT 930 PM EST.
EXCEPT FOR A FEW WEAKENING STORMS IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY MOST OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY.

HAINES

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:11 PM EST, 31 minutes before

INZ010-011-013-019>022-028>032-035>058-062>065-071-072-240500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1012 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.  THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN
NORTHWEST OR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...OR IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NO0RTH OF GREENSBURG....AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND.

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:14 PM EST, 28 minutes before

INZ035-240345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1013 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FOUNTAIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE
STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN STRENGTH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN
FOUNTAIN COUNTY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BUT THEY SHOULD STAY BELOW
SEVERE WEATHER LIMITS. SOME PONDING OF WATER MAY OCCUR UNTIL EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. AVOID QUICKLY FLO6ODED
AREAS.
HAINES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:01 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone	44 min
Jun 23, 7:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton	56 min
Jun 23, 7:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton	40 min
Jun 23, 7:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Madison	36 min
Jun 23, 8:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	48 min
Jun 23, 8:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Madison	42 min
Jun 23, 8:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	51 min
Jun 23, 9:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain	53 min
Jun 23, 10:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	51 min
Jun 24, 12:46 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1996 Every 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.