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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana

July 18, 1996Huntington County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 1996, 8:06 AM EST for Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1996, 8:06 AM EST (13:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1996, 10:15 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Huntington County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 706 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 181307
FFWFWA
INC069-181515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
806 AM EST THU JUL 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...HUNTINGTON COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
HUNTINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 10 AM EST.
 
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY AND SOME PEOPLE ARE
BEING EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES.
 
MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH F^LOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant49 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.