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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1993Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 1993, 7:34 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1993, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 1993-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1309 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1993-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
1309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1381 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 030036
FFWEVV
ILC191-030230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
734 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
 
   ...NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY
SINCE 600 PM CDT. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY. ESPECIALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS
BEEN FALLING IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY NEAR RINARD AND
ZENITH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON TFOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
BLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne44 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.