Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 1992, 9:29 AM EST for Allen County, DeKalb County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 1992, 9:29 AM EST (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 1992, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Noble County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 211429
FFWFWA
INC003-113-033-211630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
929 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
ALLEN...EASTERN NOBLE...DEKALB
AT 925 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES
EAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEAST
INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS GROUND ALREADY
SATURATED AND GENERATING RAINFALLS OF UP TO 11/2 INCH IN A ONE
HOUR PERIOD.
FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING COUNTIES.
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,
RAP
IDLY RISING WATER MAY SWEEP YOU AWAY.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 21, 7:14 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-211315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 715 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORHTWEST OHIO... AT 715 AM EST/815 EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORMS HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. BY 8 AM EST/9 EDT...STORMS WILL AROUND KENDALLVILLE...ANGOLA AND BLUFFTON INDIANA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN MOST PLACES ALSO. WATCH FOR OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO PDEVELOP...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE...OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. . WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 7:22 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-211320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 720 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 715 AM EST/815 AM EDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE INDIANA...TO MICHIGAN CITY INDIAN...TO 26 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF WARSAW INDIANA...JUST NORTH OF ROCHESTER INDIANA AND 7 MILES EAST OF PLYMOUTH INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. DO NOT USE TELEPHtONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING AN ELECTRICAL STORM. SOME PONDING MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS...DRIVE CAREFULLY. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 7:33 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-211315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 730 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 728 AM EST/828 EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES NORTH...35 MILES WEST AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THEY`RE CLOSE TO KENDALLVILLE...NORTH MANCHESTER AND BLUFFTON ...RESPECFULLY. THE STORMS HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. BY 830 AM EST/930 EDT...STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH ANGOLA...COLUMBIA CITY...AND OSSIAN INDIANA. RAIN WILL START TO TAPER OFF BY 9 AM EST... WEST OF FORT WAYNE...BUT IT WILL CONTINUE TO RAIN IN MOST PLACES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. . WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 7:53 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-211400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 750 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 750 AM EST/850 EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES NORTH...20 MILES NORTHWEST AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. THAT`S 5 MILES NORTH OF AUBURN...NEAR CHURUBUSCO AND OSSIAN...RESPECTFULLY. THE STORMS HAD HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. BY 830 AM EST/930 EDT...STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED NEAR BRYAN OHIO...AUBURN INDIANA AND FORT WAYNE. ALSO BY THAT TIME THE RAIN... WILL HAVE TAPERED OF WEST OF FORT WAYNE...AROUND NORTH MANCHESTER. IT WILL HAVE ENDED SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN GENEVA AND PORTLAND INDIANA. . WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 8:01 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-211400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 750 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 750 AM EST/850 EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES NORTH...20 MILES NORTHWEST AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. THAT`S 5 MILES NORTH OF AUBURN...NEAR CHURUBUSCO AND OSSIAN INDIANA...RESPECTFULLY. THE STORMS HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. BY 830 AM EST/930 EDT...STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED NEAR BRYAN OHIO...AUBURN INDIANA AND FORT WAYNE. ALSO BY THAT TIME THE RAIN...WILL HAVE TAPERED OF WEST OF FORT WAYNE...AROUND NORTH MANCHESTER. IT WILL HAVE ENDED SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN GENEVA AND PORTLAND INDIANA. . WITSAMAN CORRECTED TO ADD/SUBTRACT WORDS
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 8:30 AM EST, 59 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-211020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 830 AM EST MON SEP 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS HAVE ENDED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 820 AM EST/920 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED RAINSHOWERS EAST OF A MARCELLUS MICHIGAN...LAGRANGE INDIANA...AND NORTH WEBSTER LINE. THAT IS 30 MILES NORTHEAST...TO 32 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE RAIN WILL END THIS MORNING OVER THE ENTIRE MICHIANA REGION BY 900 AM EST/1000 AM EDT. THERE ARE NO MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MIC HIGAN UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. GRIFFIN
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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.