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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 10, 1992Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 1992, 3:56 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 104 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 1992, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1992, 5:40 PM CDT
In force
104 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1992-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2796 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 1992-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
2796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-42 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 102056
FFWEVV
KYC177-102300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
356 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MUHLENBERG COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF STREETS IN CENTRAL CITY
KENTUCKY...50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN
REPORTED THROUGH MOST OF MUHLENBERG COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
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.
BLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTodd38 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.