Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Sep 21, 1992, 9:55 AM EST (14:55 UTC)

Expired

Sep 21, 1992, 1:00 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
955 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...BOONE COUNTY...HENDRICKS COUNTY
 
AT 950 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN FROM NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO TERRE HAUTE. HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER
NORTHERN HENDRICKS AND SOUTHERN BONNE COUNTY.
 
PARTS OF BOONE AND HENDRICKS COUNTIES RECIEVED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN LASNIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
 
THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND
RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER BOONE AND HENDRICKS COUNTY FOR MUCH OF THE
MORNING.
 
 
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.
 
SBH

In the hours before

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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

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