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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 3, 1989Allen County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 1989, 7:26 AM CDT for Allen County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1989, 7:26 AM CDT (12:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1989, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 1989-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 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 1989-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 031229
FFWEVV
KYC003-061-213-227-031430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
726 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...ALLEN...EDMONSON...SIMPSON...WARREN
 
AT 710 THIS MORNING CDT...KENTUCKY STATE POLICE IN BOWLING GREEN
KENTUCKY REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS STILL A PROBLEM IN PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MANY ROADS IN THE COUNTIES OF SIMPSON...
WARREN...AND EDMONSON ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER OVER THE ROAD.
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN EVANSVILLE INDICATED MORE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER NORTHERN TENNESSEE AND WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES AND CAUSING MORE FLOOD RELATED
PROBLEMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT ALLEN
COUNTY AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD 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.
 
SUMMY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDEdmonson2 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.