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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 22, 1992Pike County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1992, 7:58 PM EST for Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1992, 7:58 PM EST (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1992, 10:00 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 1992-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2161 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
2161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 230059
FFWEVV
INC125-230300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
758 PM CDT (758 PM EST) WED JUL 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (1000 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PIKE COUNTY THIS EVENING. PETERSBURG REPORTED
ONE INCH SIX TENTHS FROM 600 PM CDT TO 745 PM. STREETS ARE FLOODED IN
PETERSBURG AND STATE ROAD 61 HAS WATER OVER IT. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THIS EVENING. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO HIGH GROUND.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT W
HEN 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.
BLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 3:39 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHenry, Wayne4 hr
Jul 23, 5:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Wayne54 min

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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.