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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 1992, 4:11 PM EST for Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1992, 4:11 PM EST (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 6:10 PM EST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 092111
FFWFWA
INC001-100015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
411 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
SOUTHERN ADAMS
AT 410 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN
ADAMS COUNTY. STATE POLICE REPORTED RAPIDLY RISING WATER ACROSS
SOME SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY ROADS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FLOODING IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE,
RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY SWEEP YOU AWAY.
DURING HEAVY RAINS, KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM OPEN STORM DRAINS,
WATER CATCHMENTS, STREAMS AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW, GENTLY FLOWING
WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
WITSAMANWhat 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, Sep 9, 2:54 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 250 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST/10 EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES EAST TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE... AT 250 PM EST/350 EDT...STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THEY HAD HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS WITH STORMS WERE FORT WAYNE...DECATUR...BLUFFTON AND MARION INDIANA. BY 330 PM EST/ 430 EDT...THE STORMS WILL BE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES EAST OF MARION INDIANA. REMEMBER TO GO INSIDE DURING THUNDERSTORMS. WATCH FOR DEVELOPING WEATHER ACxROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTH- WEST OHIO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 300 PM EST MON SEP 8 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EST/ 1000 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EST/ 355 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ANGOLA TO WARSAW...AND THEN TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. THESE AREAS WOULD BE UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...IF IT OCCURS. OTHERWISE...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WINAMAC INDIANA TO STURGIS MICHIGAN. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. . BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:37 PM EST, 34 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-092130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 335 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST/10 EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTH OF...AND 25 MILES SOUTH TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE... AT 330 PM EST/430 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES NORTH OF AUBURN...15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR GRABIL INDIANA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 25 MILES SOUTH TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. BY 530 PM EDT...STRONG STORMS WILL BE LOCATED 35 TO 45 MILES NORTH EAST OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEFIANCE OHIO. OTHER STRONG STORMS TO THE SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY INTO WESTERN OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY INSIDE AS THEY PASS THROUGH YOUR AREA. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR UPDATES ON POSSIBLE SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. HAYES
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:06 PM EST, 5 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 405 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EST/ 1000 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EST/ 500 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND...OR JUST WEST OF PLYMOUTH INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE SAFEST PLACE IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:10 PM EST, 1 minute before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 405 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EST/ 1000 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EST/ 500 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND...OR JUST WEST OF PLYMOUTH INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE SAFEST PLACE IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. . REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BARJENBRUCH CORRECTED TO GIVE MOVEMENT
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:11 PM EST, 0 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 409 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST/10 EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN SCATTERED OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 4 PM EST/5 PM EDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES AND 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE.. NEAR BERNE AND PORTLAND. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN CEADERVILLE AND GRABIL.. AND 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE.. OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WABASH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION INDIANA BETWEEN GAS CITY AND UPLAND. THIS STORM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVED ACROSS MADISON COUNTY. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE DANGEROUS... PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN THE ABOVE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS SAME SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR WINDOWLESS ROOM IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. JRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wells | 20 min |
| Sep 9, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 29 min |
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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.