Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1998, 7:12 PM EST for Parke 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
County Parke County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 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 126 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
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 45 min |
| May 19, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 34 min |
| May 19, 10:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 33 min |
| May 20, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 46 min |
| May 20, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 49 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.