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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1998, 9:13 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Decatur 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 14, 1998, 9:13 PM EST (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 12:15 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 150215 FFWIND INC005-031-059-065-139-150515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 913 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1215 AM EST * AT 910 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEWCASTLE TO COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKLEY IN A SHORT PERIOD WITH THESE STORMS. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! JAS
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 14, 6:15 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
INZ051>053-060>065-067>072-081-082-085>088-150500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST... THE TORNADO WATCH IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR...AND EVANSVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JAS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:15 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
INZ051>053-060>065-067>072-081-082-085>088-150500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST... THE TORNADO WATCH IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR...AND EVANSVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 8:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 118 min |
| Jun 14, 10:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vermillion | 118 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.