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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 9, 1993Daviess County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1993, 7:43 AM CDT for Daviess County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 1993, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 1993, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Daviess County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 091244
FFWEVV
KYC059-091545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
743 AM CDT WED JUN 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY
 
AT 739 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
MOVING ACROSS DAVIESS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING SOME
FLOODING OF AREA ROADWAYS...AND MORE FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AS
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR.
 
 
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.
 
 
MM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993

...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR MORNING OF JUNE 9...

TIME           LOCATION      EVENT

410 AM EST     JOHNSON CO    6-8 HOUSES DAMAGED...BARN COLLAPSED...
                             SEVERAL TREES...POWER LINES AND POWER
                             POLES KNOCKED DOWN IN GREENWOOD. BY
                             JOHNSON CO SHERIFF.

TMA

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:43 AM CDT, 2 hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993

...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR MORNING OF JUNE 9...

TIME           LOCATION      EVENT

410 AM EST     JOHNSON CO    6-8 HOUSES DAMAGED...BARN COLLAPSED...
                             SEVERAL TREES...POWER LINES AND POWER
                             POLES KNOCKED DOWN IN GREENWOOD. BY
                             JOHNSON CO SHERIFF.

TMA2

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

INZ008-009-010-011-012-013-014-091145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
546 AM EST (446 AM CST) WED JUN 9 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 AM EST.

AT 540 AM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BLOOMINGTON TO INDIANAPOLIS AND FROM INDIANAPOLIS EAST THROUGH
RICHMOND.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR THE
TOWN OF MORGANTOWN.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE WEST ALONG INTERSTATE 74
TOWARD COVINGTON.

ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

INZ008-009-010-011-012-013-014-091145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
546 AM EST (446 AM CST) WED JUN 9 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 AM EST.

AT 540 AM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BLOOMINGTON TO INDIANAPOLIS AND FROM INDIANAPOLIS EAST THROUGH
RICHMOND.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR THE
TOWN OF MORGANTOWN.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE WEST ALONG INTERSTATE 74
TOWARD COVINGTON.

ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:10 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

INZ008-009-010-011-012-013-014-091400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTH AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE TO BLOOMINGTON TO 40 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE UNTIL 9 AM EST.

AT 709 AM EST RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MUNCIE TO COLUMBUS AND SOUTHWEST TO
EVANSVILLE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

TMA

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:11 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

INZ008-009-010-011-012-013-014-091400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTH AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE TO BLOOMINGTON TO 40 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE UNTIL 9 AM EST.

AT 709 AM EST RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MUNCIE TO COLUMBUS AND SOUTHWEST TO
EVANSVILLE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAM
AGING WINDS ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

TMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henderson	38 min
Jun 9, 6:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Henderson, Union	2 hr
Jun 9, 8:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Henderson, Union	118 min
Jun 9, 10:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess	83 min
Jun 9, 11:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Grayson, Ohio	40 min
Jun 9, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Muhlenberg, Ohio	64 min
Jun 9, 3:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess	2 hr
Jun 9, 5:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess	49 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Hancock	30 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.