Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 1998, 10:09 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 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
- Apr 15, 1998, 10:09 PM EST (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 2:10 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 160308 FFWIND INC005-031-071-079-093-160710- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1009 PM EST WED APR 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 210 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY ...DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...JACKSON COUNTY ...LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA ...NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY STRONG STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 2AM. AT 10 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN THIS EVENING. AT 935 PM...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED FLOODING FROM WESTPORT TO COLUMBUS IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. LOW LAND FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 2 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. KH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 8:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 9:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 12:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Martin | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 12:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 46 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.