Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1992, 3:01 AM EST for Union 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
County Union 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 69 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
- 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
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...
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
Local storm report, Jun 17, 10:18 PM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1015 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992
TIME LOCATION EVENT
2200 EST CYCLONE BARN BLOWN DOWN
CLINTON COUNTY CORN CRIB DESTROYED
(CLINTON CO SHERIFF)
MESSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 10:48 PM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
INZALL-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1040 AM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...NOBLESVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND ...RUSHVILLE...WINCHESTER...AND INDIANAPOLIS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATEN/ING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:49 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
INZALL-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1050 AM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...NOBLESVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND ...RUSHVILLE...WINCHESTER...AND INDIANAPOLIS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:50 PM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
INZALL-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1050 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...NOBLESVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND ...RUSHVILLE...WINCHESTER...AND INDIANAPOLIS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jun 17, 10:59 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1055 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992
TIME LOCATION EVENT
2244 EST 3 SE OF NOBLESVILLE 66 MPH WIND GUST
HAMILTON COUNTY (AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR)
2251 EST ROYALTON 64 MPH WIND GUST
(BOONE/HENDRICKS CO LINE) (AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR)
MESSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 11:00 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before
INZALL-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1050 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...NOBLESVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND ...RUSHVILLE...WINCHESTER...AND INDIANAPOLIS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 7:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Howard, Miami | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Howard, Miami | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Miami | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 8:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 8:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 9:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 10:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Marion | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 11:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 11:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 11:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 14 min |
| Jun 17, 11:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 11:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 12:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 12:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 1:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Wayne | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 2:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 2:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 3:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 6 min |
| Jun 18, 1:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 26 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.