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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 12, 1992Parke County, Vermillion County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 1992, 5:19 AM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 1992, 5:19 AM EST (10:19 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 1992, 9:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 1992-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 121023
FFWIND
INC121-165-167-121400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
519 AM EST THU NOV 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...PARKE COUNTY...VERMILLION COUNTY...VIGO COUNTY
 
AT 500 AM STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT RESIDENCE WERE BEING EVACUATED ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF CLINTON.
 
WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED FLOWING ACROSS STATE ROAD 63 JUST SOUTH OF
TERRE HAUTE NEAR PRARIETON.
 
RADAR INDICATES THAT MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER
WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
 
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.
 
HENDRICKSON

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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.