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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 1, 1989Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1989, 5:34 PM CDT for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1989, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1989, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Todd 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1989-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 547 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1989-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 012234 RRA
FFWEVV
KYC219-020230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
534 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...TODD
 
AT 530 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINS HAVE CLOSED STATE HIGHWAYS 41 AND 181 IN
THE ELKTON KENTUCKY AREA...15 MILES EAST OF HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE REPORT THAT 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVER THE
HIGHWAYS NEAR ELKTON. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN ELKTON REPORTS THAT 2.25
INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM CDT.
 
 
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.
 
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.
RUNNELS

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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.