Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1992, 5:50 AM EST for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 5:50 AM EST (10:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jay County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFWA 131050 FFWFWA INC009-053-075-131300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 550 AM EST MON JUL 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...BLACKFORD COUNTY...GRANT COUNTY...JAY COUNTY AT 545 AM EST /645 AM EDT/...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED ACROSS GRANT...BLACKFORD...AND JAY COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS REPORTED WATER OVER LOW LYING SPOTS ON MANY COUNTY AND STATE ROADS. STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN HARTFORD CITY INDIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. SALSBURY
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 13, 4:21 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-131115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 420 AM EST MON JUL 13 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 415 AM EST /515 AM EDT/...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE WHICH EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF WABASH INDIANA /NEAR WABASH/ TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION INDIANA /NEAR REDKEY/. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 615 AM EST /715 AM EDT/...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF MARION INDIANA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ST MARYS RIVER IN NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS MORNING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SALSBURY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 5:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 2 hr |
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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.