Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Nov 22, 1992, 7:19 PM EST for DeKalb County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 7:19 PM EST (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 1992, 12:15 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeKalb County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFWA 230019 FFWFWA INC033-230515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 719 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...DEKALB COUNTY AT 715 PM EST 2.28 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AUBURN OF DEKALB COUNTY DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS. THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH CEDAR CREEK CREEK IN DEKALB COUNTY OVER IT'S BANKS AND TO A CREST OF 11.5 FEET MONDAY MORNING. AT 715 PM EST CEDAR CREEK IN AUBURN WAS AT 7.5 FEET AND RISING AT A RATE OF 1/2 FOOT PER HOUR. FLOOD STAGE WAS 11 FEET ON CEDAR CREEK IN AUBURN. PERSONS ALONG CEDAR CREEK IN AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MARSHALL BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, Nov 22, 4:32 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 432 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 430 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 530 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE...AND PAULDING COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE OVER FLOODED ROADS. STAY INDOOR S DURING THUNDERSTORMS. . SALSBURY
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 5:17 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-222315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 515 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 510 PM EST...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN PLYMOUTH AND ARGOS IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NEAR ELKHART AND GOSHEN INDIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODuUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. TA
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:09 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-230005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 605 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 600 PM EST...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND BETWEEN THE CITIES OF MOTTVILLE AND WHITE PIGEON OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO A PAW PAW AND KALAMAZOO LINE BETWEEN 645 AND 715 PM EST...THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. TA
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:32 PM EST, 47 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-230005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 630 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS AND JAY COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 625 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 700 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED 30 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE /NEAR PAULDING OHIO/. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE SCATTERED OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. THE TORNADO WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST TONIGHT. REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THAT THEY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SALSBURY
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.