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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 29, 1989Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 29, 1989, 3:38 PM CST for Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1989, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1989, 7:45 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 1989-03-29Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1989-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 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 292138
FFWEVV
KYC177-059-300145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
338 PM CST WED MAR 29 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY
      MUHLENBERG...

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF KENTUCKY
      OHIO...

REPORTS OF STANDING WATER ON MANY STREETS ..SOME AS MUCH AS 2 FEET
UNDER WATER.. HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE WESTERN KENTUCKY
COUNTIES OF MUHLENBERG AND OHIO. RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THESE AREAS. THE LATEST FORECASTS ALSO CALL FOR
RAIN..SOME HEAVY..TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. ITS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS WHICH
CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING
ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING WEATHER.

 FIELDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 4:32 PM CSTTornado WarningINDGrayson28 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.