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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 3, 1993Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1993, 6:32 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1993, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1993-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 1993-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
348 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 032333
FFWEVV
KYC183-177-040230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
632 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...OHIO COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MUHLENBERG COUNTY
 
AT 627 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM CENTRAL CITY KENTUCKY...ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH
OF EVANSVILLE...TO NEAR HARTFORD KENTUCKY...ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
EVANSVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO ARE.AS 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.
TT

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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.