Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1992, 1:16 AM EST for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 1:16 AM EST (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 5:15 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 130618 FFWIND INC023-067-095-159-035-135-131015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 116 AM EST MON JUL 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...CLINTON COUNTY...HOWARD COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY ...TIPTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...DELAWARE COUNTY...RANDOLPH COUNTY THE POLICE AT ALEXANDRIA...40 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS REPORTED STREET FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN. AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR FRANKFORT EAST THROUGH TIPTON...ALEXANDRIA...MUNCIE AND WINCHESTER. THE GROUND IN THESE AREAS IS NEARLY SATURATED AND REPEATED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING BETWEEN NOW AND DAYBREAK. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. CURRAN
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 12, 7:54 PM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
INZ002-003-005-006-130150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 752 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON...MARION...AND PORTLAND. AT 750 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO FORT WAYNE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL AT LEAST 10 PM EST. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO OHIO AS OF 750 PM EST... BUT PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STILL REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:34 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
INZ002-003-005-006-130215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 833 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF INDIANA. AT 830 PM EST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE TO NEAR FORT WAYNE. THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:25 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
INZ002-003-005-006-130325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 925 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992 RAINSHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 920 PM EST. AT 920 PM EST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE TO NEAR FORT WAYNE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE AND ALSO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUFFTON. THESE ST ORMS WERE PRODCING TORRENTIAL RAINS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BPRUITT
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:42 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
INZALL-130325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 925 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992 RAINSHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 920 PM EST. AT 920 PM EST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE TO NEAR FORT WAYNE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE AND ALSO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUFFTON. THESE STORMS WERE PR.ODCING TORRENTIAL RAINS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BPRUITT
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 10:23 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
INZ004>010-130500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1018 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992 AT 1015 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM KOKOMO TO JUST NORTHEAST OF MARION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED ACROSS WESTERN OHIO TO JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE WEST ACROSS THE LAFAYATTE AREA INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEAR CHAMPAIGN. TO THE WEST OF KOKOMO MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS LIGHT. HOWEVER TO THE EAST OF KOKOMO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE TILL AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. HENDRICKSON u
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 6:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 42 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.