Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1998, 12:59 AM EST for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, 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 16, 1998, 12:59 AM EST (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 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
- 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 160555 FFWIND INC005-031-071-079-093-161000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1259 AM EST THU APR 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 500 AM EST * AT 1250 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. CT
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 | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 4 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, 1:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 46 min |
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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.