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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

September 9, 1992Adams County, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 386 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

 WITSAMAN

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams32 min
Sep 9, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWells20 min
Sep 9, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington29 min

Nearby

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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.