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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 24, 1996Carroll County, Clinton County, Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 1996, 12:46 AM EST for Carroll County, Clinton County, Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 119 min. 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 24, 1996, 12:46 AM EST (05:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 1996, 2:45 AM EST
In force: 119 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 240547
FFWIND
INC023-067-015-240745-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1246 AM EST MON JUN 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY...HOWARD COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
AT 1245 AM EST RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
FROM JUST NORTH OF KOKOMO TO 10 MILES WEST OF FRANKFORT. RADAR INDICATES
THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 1145 PM EST. STORMS
WERE REPEATEDLY MOVING ACROSS THE SAME AREA.
 
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.
 
ELSON

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, 8:57 PM EST, 3 hours 49 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, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 32 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

Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:51 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1050 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996

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

1030 PM    5 N RUSHVILLE             IN   GARAGE BLOWN DOWN
6/23/96    RUSH

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:02 AM EST, 44 minutes before

INZ019-028>030-035>040-043>050-056>058-240600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1201 AM EST MON JUN 24 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY
PORTION OF INDIANA...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EITHER MOVED OUT OF INDIANA OR DECREASE
IN STRENGTH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH MAINLY
NORTHERN INDIANA EARLY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS IN I LLINOIS. THESE MAY MOVE INTO INDIANA
LATER TONIGHT.

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 23, 10:42 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	3 hr

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.