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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 15, 1989Edmonson County, Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 1989, 1:21 AM CST for Edmonson County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 1989, 1:21 AM CST (07:21 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 1989, 5:30 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edmonson County, KY, Hart County, KY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1989-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1989-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 150728
FFWEVV
KYC059-003-031-047-061-085-099-141-177-213-219-227-151130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
121 AM CST WED FEB 15 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
          ...OHIO
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...ALLEN...BUTLER...CHRISTIAN...EDMONSON...GRAYSON...HART
          ...LOGAN...MUHLENBERG...SIMPSON...TODD...WARREN
 
NUMEROUS STREAMS ARE RISING IN THE AREA AND SOME ROADS
ARE BEING WASHED OUT BY THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE PAST FEW HOURS.
 
SOME OF THE PROBLEM AREAS INCLUDE HARTFORD IN OHIO COUNTY...
IN ALLEN COUNTY...PARTS OF HIGHWAY 100 ARE UNDER WATER...IN
WARREN COUNTY...BEAVER CREEK AND DRAKE CREEKS ARE OVER THEIR
BANKS.
 
IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR RIVER...STAY ALERT TO WATER LEVELS
AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. ALL LOW LYING AREAS ARE
FLOODED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IS IMMINENT.
SPODEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 1:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDButler, Grayson, Muhlenberg, Ohio4 hr
Feb 15, 1:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDChristian, Todd4 hr
Feb 15, 1:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDLogan, Simpson, Warren4 hr
Feb 15, 1:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDAllen4 hr
Feb 15, 5:34 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDChristian4 hr

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.