Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Sep 21, 1992, 10:24 AM EST (15:24 UTC)

Expired

Sep 21, 1992, 1:30 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1024 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY...TIPTON COUNTY
 
AT 1015 AM EST RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...NEAR THE TOWN OF SHERIDAN.
 
THIS STORM WAS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WHICH
EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TOWARD ILLINOIS. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
WARNING AREA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
 
PERSONS ALONG STREAMS AND LOW AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT THE
FIRST SIGNS OF RISING WATER.
 
 
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.

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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