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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 14, 1992Howard County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 783 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:08 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSaint Joseph37 min
Jul 13, 8:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte33 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph40 min
Jul 13, 9:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart40 min
Jul 14, 1:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBenton, White35 min
Jul 14, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe47 min
Jul 14, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll60 min
Jul 14, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo60 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Cass3 hr
Jul 14, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph61 min
Jul 14, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union56 min
Jul 14, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby67 min
Jul 14, 6:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne42 min
Jul 14, 6:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings53 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.