Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1992, 11:20 PM EST for Henry County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1992, 11:20 PM EST (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1992, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henry County, IN, Wayne County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 240422 FFWIND INC065-177-240715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 PM EST THU JUL 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...HENRY COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY AT 1118 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. PREVIOUS RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3.10 INCHES AT NEW CASTLE IN CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY AND 4.90 AT HAGERSTOWN IN NORTHWEST WAYNE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLTHIS EVENING RESULTED IN FLOODING IN BOTH AREAS. ADDITONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RENEW THE FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNI8ZE 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. TMA
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 23, 6:34 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
INZ009-240030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 635 PM EST THU JUL 23 1992 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 630 PM... THE STORM WAS FROM NORTH SALEM...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS... TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. IT WAS PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL MAY BE PRODUCED BY THIS STORM. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE FROM AROUND DANVILLE INTO THE WEST PART OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 700 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...STAY INSIDE UNTIL IT PASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:13 PM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
INZ007-008-240100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 710 PM EST THU JUL 23 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 705 PM... THE STORMS WERE 25 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AROUND VEEDERSBURG AND CAYUGA. THE FOUNTAIN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT KINGMAN JUST AFTER 700 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL BE JUST SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE AROUND 745 PM. THERE WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING. STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO NEAR LADOGA...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD NORTH SALEM. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 10:40 PM EST, 40 minutes before
INZ008-009-240430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1045 PM EST THU JUL 23 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 1040 PM... THE STORM WAS 30
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke | 3 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.