Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1998, 1:52 PM EST for Knox 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 22, 1998, 1:52 PM EST (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1998, 4:55 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 221851 FFWIND INC083-222155- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 152 PM EST MON JUN 22 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA * UNTIL 455 PM EST * AT 150 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EASTERN KNOX COUNTY... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PASSED THROUGH WEST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY DROPPED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN A HALF HOUR. THIS WILL AFFECT THE KELSO CREEK AREA. 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 22, 12:08 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
INZ021-029>031-036>042-044>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1208 PM EST MON JUN 22 1998 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO TERRE HAUTE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANDERSON...INDIANAPOLIS... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES AND SEYMOUR. AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 1205 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 55 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION... SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ZIMMERMAN
Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:11 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 111 PM EST MON JUN 22 1998 TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 1232 PM BLOOMINGTON IN 55-70 MPH WINDS REPORTED 06/22/98 MONROE BY STATE POLICE. 1247 PM BLOOMINGTON IN ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS BY 06/22/98 MONROE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR. 1252 PM BLOOMINGTON IN 65-70 MPH WINDS REPORTED BY 06/22/98 MONROE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR. EZ/MS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:51 PM EST, 1 minute before
INZ029-030-036>042-044>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 151 PM EST MON JUN 22 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON TO BLOOMINGTON AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 150 PM EST AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANDERSON SOUTH TO COLUMBUS AND SEYMOUR AND WEST TO VINCENNES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 12:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 32 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.