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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 1993Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1993, 5:27 PM CDT for Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1993, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 825 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 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 262229
FFWEVV
KYC059-101-183-270030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
527 PM CDT MON JUL 26 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...HENDERSON COUNTY...OHIO COUNTY
 
AT 522 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM
NEAR HENDERSON KENTUCKY...20 MILES WEST OF OWENSBORO...TO BEAVER DAM
KENTUCKY...25 MILES SOUTH OF OWENSBORO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OCCURRING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS EARLIER
TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE.
 
THE DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SOME ROADS AROUND UTICA KENTUCKY
WERE UNDER 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR
NEAR FLOOD WATERS.
 
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 FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
SUMMY
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOhio53 min
Jul 26, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDOhio2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.