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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 23, 1992Henry County, Wayne County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 9:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Putnam3 hr
Jul 23, 9:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke3 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.