Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1993, 10:43 AM CDT for Daviess County, Kentucky. It was in force for 83 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 12:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Daviess County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 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.
- 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 091546 FFWEVV KYC059-091745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1043 AM CDT WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...DAVIESS COUNTY AT 1040 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS DAVIESS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PREVIOUSLY MOVED THROUGH THE AREA RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA...AND WITH THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER FLOODING CAN BE ANTICIPATED. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNnD IMMEDIATELY. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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. 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, 7:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 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, 3 hours 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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 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, 2 hours 43 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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
INZ014-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 900 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 PM EST HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GIBSON... PIKE...POSEY...SPENCER...VANDERBURGH...AND WARRICK. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSED TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
INZ014-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 900 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 PM EST HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GIBSON... PIKE...POSEY...SPENCER...VANDERBURGH...AND WARRICK. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSED TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
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, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henderson, Union | 118 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.