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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 18, 1992Fayette County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1992, 3:01 AM EST for Fayette County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 3:01 AM EST (08:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 5:00 AM EST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Rush County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2881 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 180808 COR
FFWIND
INC081-109-145-139-041-161-181000-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING ...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
301 AM EST THU JUN 18 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...

IN CENTRAL INDIANA
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY..SHELBY COUNTY..RUSH COUNTY
FAYETTE COUNTY..UNION COUNTY

AT 250 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINS CONTINUED OVER THE AREA FROM MARTINSVILLE TO EAST OF
CONNERSVILLE...THIS IS FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 15
MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. RAINFALL REPORTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN
COMMON IN THIS AREA AND RADAR AND SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES
INDICATE AS MUCH 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER SOME AREAS. THIS MUCH
RAINFALL OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

...CORRECTION TO INCLUDE SHELBY!..RUCH..FAYETTE..AND UNION COUNTIES...

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton42 min
Jun 17, 7:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe29 min
Jun 17, 7:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph44 min
Jun 17, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Howard, Miami30 min
Jun 17, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Howard, Miami30 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton27 min
Jun 17, 8:23 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMiami37 min
Jun 17, 8:33 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHoward27 min
Jun 17, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton30 min
Jun 17, 8:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain26 min
Jun 17, 8:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton36 min
Jun 17, 8:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHoward31 min
Jun 17, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton46 min
Jun 17, 9:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton42 min
Jun 17, 9:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton42 min
Jun 17, 10:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton48 min
Jun 17, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Marion60 min
Jun 17, 11:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion41 min
Jun 17, 11:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison28 min
Jun 17, 11:46 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone14 min
Jun 17, 11:49 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMarion41 min
Jun 17, 11:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Madison3 hr
Jun 18, 12:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan62 min
Jun 18, 12:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion47 min
Jun 18, 12:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock65 min
Jun 18, 1:21 AM ESTTornado WarningINDHenry39 min
Jun 18, 1:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHenry, Wayne117 min
Jun 18, 1:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock117 min
Jun 18, 2:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush43 min
Jun 18, 2:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette40 min
Jun 18, 2:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan66 min
Jun 18, 2:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion25 min
Jun 18, 3:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Morgan, Shelby119 min
Jun 18, 3:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDUnion119 min
Jun 18, 3:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings2 hr
Jun 18, 3:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Rush6 min
Jun 18, 1:44 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHenry, Randolph, Wayne31 min
Jun 18, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRandolph, Wayne45 min
Jun 18, 3:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings26 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.