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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 1992Delaware County, Madison County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1992, 5:17 AM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1992, 5:17 AM EST (10:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 8:15 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1992-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1710 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 131018
FFWIND
INC023-067-095-159-035-135-131315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
517 AM EST MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY...HOWARD COUNTY...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY
   ...TIPTON COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...DELAWARE COUNTY...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 515 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM LAFAYETTE INDIANA EAST
THROUGH SHARPSVILLE...5 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO...THROUGH MUNCIE...TO
WINCHESTER INDIANA...20 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST...CAUSING REPEAT EPISODES OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.
 
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES HAVE REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN
DELAWARE...HOWARD...CLINTON AND MADISON COUNTIES FROM STORMS EARLIER
TONIGHT.  MORE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING
PROBLEMS THIS MORNING.
 
 
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.
 
ELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 1:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClinton, Howard, Madison, Tipton4 hr
Jul 13, 1:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph4 hr
Jul 13, 5:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClinton, Howard, Tipton3 hr
Jul 13, 6:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph40 min
Jul 13, 6:18 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSaint Joseph42 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.