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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 19, 1998Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1998, 7:12 PM EST for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren 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
May 19, 1998, 7:12 PM EST (00:12 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1998, 10:10 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4287 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 200013
FFWIND
INC045-121-165-171-200310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
712 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1010 PM EST

* AT 700 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING IN THESE COUNTIES.
  RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS ALREADY HAVING FALLEN IN THESE
  AREAS.

* SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY FLOOD IN THESE
  COUNTIES. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

DRT

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 19, 1:31 PM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
INZ001>004-010>015-019>023-028>031-200000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
131 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998

IN INDIANA...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
700 PM EST...AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM
NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO KOKOMO AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KOKOMO TO
SOUTH BEND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...SOUTH BEND...RENSSELAER...
LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO AND FRANKFORT.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 19, 3:29 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
INZ001>004-010>015-019>023-028>031-200000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
329 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST/CDT
FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS
TO KOKOMO AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KOKOMO TO SOUTH BEND.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND EXTREME
NORTHWEST INDIANA...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE NORTHWEST
QUARTER OF INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR
DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 327 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAFAYETTE NEAR FOWLER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:53 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
INZ010>052-054>059-200500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
553 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM
TERRE HAUTE TO UNION COUNTY AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEWTON COUNTY TO
FORT WAYNE IN ALLEN COUNTY.

THIS WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT IN NORTHERN
INDIANA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WERE MOSTLY MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 20 MILES
AN HOUR. A FEW STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
AS WITH MOST SEVERE STORMS AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALWAY POSSIBLE.

AFTER THE STORMS LOOSE THE HEATING FROM THE SUN THEY SHOULD BEGIN TO
DECREASE IN STRENJGTH.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTERN INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE
WEATHER. LISTEN TO A RELIABLE SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HAINES
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:53 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
INZ010>052-054>059-200500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
553 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM
TERRE HAUTE TO UNION COUNTY AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEWTON COUNTY TO
FORT WAYNE IN ALLEN COUNTY.

THIS WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT IN NORTHERN
INDIANA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WERE MOSTLY MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 20 MILES
AN HOUR. A FEW STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
AS WITH MOST SEVERE STORMS AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALWAY POSSIBLE.

AFTER THE STORMS LOOSE THE HEATING FROM THE SUN THEY SHOULD BEGIN TO
DECREASE IN STRENJGTH.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTERN INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE
WEATHER. LISTEN TO A RELIABLE SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HAINES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:12 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke3 hr
May 19, 7:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay45 min
May 19, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo34 min
May 19, 10:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox33 min
May 20, 1:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox46 min
May 20, 1:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess49 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.