Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 1992, 12:04 AM CDT for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky; Posey County, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1992, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1992, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 3595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 KEVV 030507 FFWEVV INC129-163-KYC101-225-030815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1204 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...POSEY COUNTY...VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...HENDERSON COUNTY...UNION COUNTY AT 1159 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH THE IMMEDIATE EVANSVILLE INDIANA AND INTO THE HENDERSON KENTUCKY AREAS. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER ONE INCH AND A HALF DURING THE LAST HOUR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN POSEY COUNTY...FROM NEAR MOUNT VERNON INDIANA TO STURGIS AND HENDERSON KENTUCKY AREAS BY 1245 PM CDT AND WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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. TT
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, Jul 2, 6:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
INZALL-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES A PART OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILE SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO SALEM AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SALEM TO MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GREENSBURG...NORTH VERNON...MADISON AND LAWRENCEBURG. 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. JEH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
INZALL-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 808 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RICHMOND...TO INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. NORTH OF THIS LINE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS... VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE STORMS FROM EXTENDING FROM TERRE HAUTE...THROUGH BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANAPOLIS...TO RMICHMOND. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. HEAVY RAINS CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS. FREQUENT...AND DANGEROUS...LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
INZALL-030700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 843 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 531 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO SEYMOUR TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THIS AREA IS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO SALEM TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SDF. ALL TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE ARE EVANSVILLE...WASHINGTON AND CORYDON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE6 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. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
INZALL-030700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1035 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYATTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCHES ARE...KOKOMO...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS ...GREENSBURG...RICHMOND...SEYMOUR AND EVASVILLE. REMEMBER...A WATC&H 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. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 10:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
INZALL-030700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCHES ARE...KOKOMO...TERRE HAUTE... INDIANAPOLIS...GREENSBURG...RICHMOND...SEYMOUR AND EVANSVILLE. AT 1005 PM EST A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE BACK EDGE OF THIS AREA WAS FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE SOUTHEAST THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS AND COLUMBUS. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARDj INDIANA FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:28 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
INZ006>015-030530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1125 PM EST WED JUN 24 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTH OF A LINE FROM FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS...TO INDIANAPOLIS TO RICHMOND. IT STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SLOUTH OF THIS LINE UNTIL 200 AM EST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKEND DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. HOWEVER THERE IS STILL AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL OF AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR STATE AFTER MIDNIGHT. AT 1120 PM EST THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF VINCENNES TO NEAR SAINT LOUIS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE TERRE HAUTE AND SULLIVAN AREAS. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA WAS AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. HENDRIC)KSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 49 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.