Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 1992, 1:37 AM EST for Delaware County, Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1992, 1:37 AM EST (06:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1992, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Randolph County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 170638 FFWIND INC057-095-035-065-135-171030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 137 AM EST FRI APR 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HAMILTON COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...DELAWARE COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY...RANDOLPH COUNTY A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR ALREADY OCCURRING. AT 125 AM EST...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WAS OCCURRING IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE. RADAR ESTIMATES OF FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 9 PM LAST NIGHT AND 1 AM EST THIS MORNING IN THIS AREA. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STREET FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN URBAN AREAS SUCH AS NOBLESVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...NEW CASTLE AND WINCHESTER. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION IN THE WARNING AREA AS MANY STREAMS WILL BE OUT OF THERE BANKS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER HIGH WATER WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED...YOUR VEHICLE WILL GO OUT OF CONTROL. DO NOT DRIVE OR CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY ANY MEANS. TAKE A HIGH GROUND ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STEIGERWALDT
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, Apr 16, 8:02 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
IDZALL-170200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 800 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN STRENGTH AFTER SUNSET. AT 755 PM EST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE LARGEST AREA WAS BOUNDED BY FORT WAYNE... DANVILLE ILLINOUS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON AND CINCINNATI. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEDNED FROM SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO TERRE HAUTE. ANOTHER MUCH SMALLER AREA OF SHOWERS WAS IN NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE TO SOUTH BEND. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO STRENGTH DURING THE EVENING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 10:42 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
INZALL-170430 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1035 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS... AT 1025 PM EST...THE PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HAIL WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THE SIZE OF THE HAIL WAS UNSPECIFIED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE NEAR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS NEAR DANVILLE. A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND CONNERSVILLE TO THE SOUTH HALF OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO iCAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS IN MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MAGNUSON
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 10:47 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
INZALL-170430 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1035 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS... AT 1025 PM EST...THE PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HAIL WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLOVERDALE. THE SIZE OF THE HAIL WAS UNSPECIFIED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS NEAR DANVILLE. A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND CONNERSVILLE TO THE SOUTH HALF OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS IN MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ...CORRECTION TO ADD CLOVERDALE TO PARAGRAPH TWO...LINE TWO... MAGNUSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 4 hr |
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.