Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Sep 21, 1992, 8:36 AM EST (13:36 UTC)

Expired

Sep 21, 1992, 12:45 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cass County, IN, Howard County, IN, Miami County, IN

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TTAA00 KIND 211340
FFWIND
INC017-023-067-015-103-157-211745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
836 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY...HOWARD COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...CASS COUNTY...MIAMI COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...TIPPECANOE COUNTY
 
RAINFALL OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES FELL OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY
THIS MORNING. FLOODING OF SOME FLOOD PRONE AREAS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.
 
AT 832 AM EST...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PART
OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM TERRE HAUTE NORTHEAST TO
PERU. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE
WARNING AREA DURING THE MORNING. PEOPLE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY
RAINFALL THIS MORNING SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLOODING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
DS

In the hours before

INZ005-009-211200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
610 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH HENDRICKS AND BOONE COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL INDIANA DUMPED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN THIS MORNING.
2.00 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN NORTHERN HENDRICKS TO SECTIONS OF
BOONE COUNTY. BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A LOT OF PONDING WATER ON
STATE ROAD 421 IN BOONE COUNTY. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS IN BOONE COUNTY
WERE FLOODING AS WATER FROM DITCHES AND OPEN FIELDS BEGAN TO FLOOD UNTO
THE COUNTY ROADS.

A SMALL CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH JAMESTOWN...WHICH IS ON THE BORDER OF
HENDRICKS AND BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...WAS BEGINNING TO FLOOD
AND CAUSED MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS IN JAMESTOWN.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS OR UNDERPASSES OF BOONE COUNTY
THIS MORNING. REPORTS SEVERE FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF HENDRICKS AND BOONE COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL INDIANA THIS MORNING. SCATTERED LIGHT RAINFALL WILL ALSO
END BEFORE DAYBREAK

KOLDITZ

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.