Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 1998, 12:05 PM EST for Clinton County, Howard County, Tipton 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
- Jun 11, 1998, 12:05 PM EST (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1998, 3:05 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 6598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 111705 FFWIND INC015-023-067-157-159-112005- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1205 PM EST THU JUN 11 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 305 PM EST * AT 1200 PM EST... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO INDIANAPOLIS... MOVING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A PURDUE METEOROLOGY PROFESSOR NORTH OF LAFAYETTE REPORTED 4.7 INCHES OF RAINFALL THOUGH 11 AM EST. * FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM EARLIER TODAY WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THESE STORMS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. 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, Jun 11, 9:20 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
INZ047-111445- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 920 AM EST THU JUN 11 1998 ...FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS OVER INDIANAPOLIS... BETWEEN 845 AND 900 AM...THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD FROM CITIZENS IN THE SPEEDWAY AREA AND ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST. AT 910 AM...OBSERVERS INDICATE THE FUNNEL WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF DISSIPATING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A VERY WEAK ROTATION IN THESE SHOWERS. THEREFORE...THIS FUNNEL CLOUD IS NOT EXPECTED TO TOUCHDOWN. IF YOU LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND SEE THREATENING WEATHER...GET INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. EDDY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:22 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
INZ047-111445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NAME OF PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 922 AM EST THU JUN 11 1998 ...FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS OVER INDIANAPOLIS... BETWEEN 845 AND 900 AM...THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD FROM CITIZENS IN THE SPEEDWAY AREA AND ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST. AT 910 AM...OBSERVERS INDICATE THE FUNNEL WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF DISSIPATING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A VERY WEAK ROTATION IN THESE SHOWERS. THEREFORE...THIS FUNNEL CLOUD IS NOT EXPECTED TO TOUCHDOWN. IF YOU LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND SEE THREATENING WEATHER...GET INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. EDDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 6:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 6:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry | 60 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.