Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1993, 8:47 AM CDT for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 091349 FFWEVV KYC101-225-091545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 847 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 LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...HENDERSON COUNTY...UNION COUNTY AS A RESULT OF THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER UNION AND HENDERSON COUNTIES...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL 2 HOURS. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 37 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, 1 hour 36 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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:59 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
INZ008-009-010-011-012-013-014-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 800 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 755 AM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND TO COLUMBUS AND SOUTHWEST TO EVANSVILLE. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOVING OUT OF INDIANA LATER THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS INDIANA THIS MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERxNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. . TMA
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:00 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
INZ008-009-010-011-012-013-014-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 800 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 755 AM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND TO COLUMBUS AND SOUTHWEST TO EVANSVILLE. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOVING OUT OF INDIANA LATER THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS INDIANA THIS MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. . 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, 7:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 3 hr |
| 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 |
Nearby
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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.