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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 1992Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1992, 2:39 PM CDT for Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1992, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1992-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 631 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 1992-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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 121940
FFWEVV
KYC227-122145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
239 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 235 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE BOWLING GREEN AREA. THESE STORM WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. AS MUCH AS 1/2 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 20 MINUTES WITH
THESE STORMS. RAPID FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR.
 
 
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.

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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.