Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1992, 3:41 PM EST for Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 783 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 142043 FFWIND INC067-142345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 341 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HOWARD COUNTY AT 335 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS IN SOUTHERN CASS AND EASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THESE AREAS AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RPG
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 14, 11:38 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
INZ001>015-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1140 AM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:29 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
INZ001>010-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1225 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR NORTH AND PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 SOUTH OF PORTLAND. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE LAKE OR PORTER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...ANGOLA...SOUTH BEND... FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO...LAFAYETTE...TERRE HAUTE AND INDIANAPOLIS 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. AT 1225 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM LAPORTE INDIANA SOUTHWEST TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:11 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
INZ004-007-141930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 112 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND. AT 109 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDER- STORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND AND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEAR DANVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A SHORT LINE FROM NEAR FOWLER ...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 35 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE ON THE INDIANA AND ILLINOIS BORDER. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES THROUGH BENTON AND WARREN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 110 PM AND 130 PM EST. TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:24 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ009-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST A PORTION OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 40 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. AT 320 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. AT 315 PM EST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT THE INDIAAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 48 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS BETWEEN 325 AND 340 PM EST. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BLINDING DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 9:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Benton, White | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Union | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 6:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 53 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.