Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1996, 8:22 AM EST for 4 counties in 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 8, 1996, 8:22 AM EST (13:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1996, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 081326 FFWIND INC027-055-083-101-153-081730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 822 AM EST WED MAY 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...DAVIESS COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY ...SULLIVAN COUNTY AT 815 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SULLIVAN...KNOX...DAVIESS...MARTIN AND GREENE COUNTIES FROM SULLIVAN AND VINCENNES TO JUST SOUTH OF SHOALS. THESE WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALLS HAD OCCURRED IN THESE COUNTIES SINCE TUESDAY EVENING. REPORTS CONFIRMED THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED IN WASHINGTON OVERNIGHT. MORE STORMS MOVING IN FROM ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES IN THESE AREAS...PRIMARILY THIS MORNING. SATURATED GROUND...HIGH STREAM LEVELS AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. 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. TUCEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| May 8, 5:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan | 4 hr |
| May 8, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 58 min |
| May 8, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 57 min |
| May 8, 2:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan | 58 min |
| May 8, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen, Putnam | 59 min |
| May 8, 2:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 58 min |
| May 8, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 61 min |
| May 8, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 69 min |
| May 8, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 64 min |
| May 8, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 60 min |
| May 8, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 67 min |
| May 8, 3:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 58 min |
| May 8, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 58 min |
| May 8, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 35 min |
| May 8, 4:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 28 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.