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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 22, 1991Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 1991, 4:54 PM CST for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 1991, 4:54 PM CST (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1991, 7:00 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 12:00Z on 1991-03-22Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1991-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 1:50 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
INZ011>015-230300-

AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
250 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1990

IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55  IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO MADISON.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...BEDFORD...
BROWNSTOWN AND MADISON.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
STEIGER\WALDT
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 1:55 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
INZ011>015-230300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
250 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991

IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55  IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO MADISON.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...BEDFORD...
BROWNSTOWN AND MADISON.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
STEIGEdRWALDT
...CORRECTED HEADING...
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 3:01 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
INZ011>015-222300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
359 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PART OF SOUTHERN
INDIANA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...
BROWNSTOWN AND MADISON.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH
AREA.

SHORTLY BEFORE 4PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN STRENGTH OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSIOURI. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY
MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST.

WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED
WHEN TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED DURING TORNADOES FOR A STURDY TORNADO
SHELTER.
EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 4:25 PM CST, 29 minutes before
INZALL-230000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
524 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PART OF SOUTHERN
INDIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE
TORNADO WATCH AREA. SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA.

AT 520 PM EST...SHOWERS...ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WERE
OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THE RAIN ALSO EXTENDED INTO NORTHERN
AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD VERY HEAVY RAIN.

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING. CONTINUED RAINFALL THIS EVENING...AND
ESPECIALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...MAY CAUSE FLOODING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.
.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY AND WILL LIKELY MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...GIVING PEOPLE VERY LITTLE TIME
TO REACT.

BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE
WEATHER APPROACHES. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN TORNADOES AND
SHOULD BE ABANDONDED BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES.

REPORT FLOODING.7..HAIL...OR DAMAGING WIND TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PBG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion29 min
Mar 22, 1:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson, Ohio34 min
Mar 22, 3:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDAllen, Barren34 min
Mar 22, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian31 min
Mar 22, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg, Todd33 min
Mar 22, 11:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion29 min
Mar 22, 11:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDUnion28 min
Mar 22, 11:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDHenderson58 min
Mar 22, 11:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenderson, Union58 min
Mar 22, 12:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDHenderson, Union118 min

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.