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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 15, 1989Christian County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 1989, 5:34 AM CST for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 1989, 5:34 AM CST (11:34 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 1989, 9:30 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Christian 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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1989-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 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 151137
FFWEVV
KYC047-151530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
534 AM CST WED FEB 15 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...CHRISTIAN
 
AT ABOUT 510 AM CST...EMERGENCY COORDINATORS IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY
REPORTED THAT THE SOUTH FORK OFF OF THE LITTLE RIVER ROSE 2 FEET BETWEEN4 AM AND 5 AM CST.
 
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE AREA AND ANY ADDITIONAL RUNOFF
WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF THE SOUTH FORK.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS OCCURRING.
 
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
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 WarningINDEdmonson, Hart4 hr
Feb 15, 1:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDAllen4 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.