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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 1992, 9:47 PM CDT for White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1992, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties White County, IL, Posey County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 110246 FFWEVV ILC193-INC129-163-110445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 947 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...POSEY COUNTY...VANDERBURGH COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AT 945 PM CDT...ACROSS WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS AND POSEY COUNTY AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY INDIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED FROM ONE AND A HALF INCHES TO THREE INCHES IN THIS AREA AND MANY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. DRAINAGE AND RUNOFF WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE FLOODING THREAT AFTER THE STORMS HAVE ENDED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. PEOPLE NEAR CREEKS AND DITCHES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RISING WATER PROBLEMS. 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. SUMMY
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 10, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING IN SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND BEDFORD. AT 430 PM EST...THE STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT BEDFORD. BY 515 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MONROE RESEVOUR. IT WILL MOVE INTO THE BROWN COUNTY AREA BETWEEN 500PM AND 530 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COLUMBUS TO RICHMOND. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTH TO TERRE HAUTE. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING IN SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND BEDFORD. AT 430 PM EST...THE STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT BEDFORD. BY 515 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MONROE RESEVOUR. IT WILL MOVE INTO THE BROWN COUNTY AREA BETWEEN 500PM AND 530 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COLUMBUS TO RICHMOND. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES T:HAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTH TO TERRE HAUTE. HAINES ...CORRECTION TO TIME IN HEADER...
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 515 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 AT 500 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHCENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF COLUMBUS BY 600 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO VINCENNES. THE LINE CONTINUED NORTHEAST ON COLUMBUS TO NEAR BROOKVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANY OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 550 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 AT 535 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM BATESVILLE...30 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...TO VINCENNES. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM AT 534 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THOUGH THE TOWNS OV NORTH VERNON...MITCHELL AND LOOGOTEE BY 615 PM. AT 545 PM EST THE COUNTY POLICE IN LAWREWNCE COUNTY REPORTD A FUNNEL COULD IN THE PINHOOK AREA. AT 550 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN MEDORE WHICH IS 18 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD. THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LIBERTY. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
INZ011>015-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 710 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NOW REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO BEDFORD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. AT 705 PM EST...A NARROW LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WIDE CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD TO THE CINCINNATI AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD AND 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR. LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWED THAT THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY BRIEFLY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED AREAS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
INZ011>015-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 824 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE TO 40 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE TO NEAR CINCINNATI OHIO. AT 820 PM EST...A NARROW LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | White | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 118 min |
| Jul 11, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 57 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 1992Flash 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.