Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1996, 3:38 PM EST for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 67 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
- May 8, 1996, 3:38 PM EST (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1996, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 082041 FFWIND INC093-082145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 338 PM EST WED MAY 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 335 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEDFORD. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE OOLITIC...BEDFORD AND ERIE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE ThHE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. CONLEY
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 8, 1:38 PM EST, 2 hours before
INZ043>045-051>054-060>064-067>073-075>089-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 138 PM EST WED MAY 8 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COVINGTON TO MOORESVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS TO LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TERRE HAUTE...BEDFORD... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS AND NORTH VERNON. AT 130 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE PAST HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE WEATHER CAN OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP TABS ON THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CONLEY
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:24 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
INZ043-044-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 224 PM EST WED MAY 8 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VERMILLION AND PARKE COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM EST... AT 220 PM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM COVINGTON TO NEAR TERRE HAUTE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODEUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:52 PM EST, 46 minutes before
INZ043-044-082030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 251 PM EST WED MAY 8 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SOUTHERN VERMILLION AND PARKE COUNTY EXPIRED... THE< SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SOUTHERN VERMILLION AND PARKE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 245 PM EST. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THOSE COUNTIES. CONLEY
Special weather statement, May 8, 3:09 PM EST, 29 minutes before
INZ037-039-046-047-048-055-082215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 310 PM EST WED MAY 8 1996 A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA. IT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MARION COUNTY BETWEEN 315 AND 330 PM EST. TORRENTIAL RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IT WILL MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE METRO AREA BY 430 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. HAINES
Special weather statement, May 8, 3:36 PM EST, 2 minutes before
INZ045-053-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 336 PM EST WED MAY 8 1996 AT 330 PM EST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OWEN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED.V THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST. ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AREA THIS EVENING. HAINES
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 | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin | 4 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, 3:47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.