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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 17, 1995Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana; Daviess County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1995, 5:32 AM CDT for Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana; Daviess County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Spencer County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Daviess County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 552 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 171033
FFWEVV
INC123-147-173-KYC059-091-171330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
532 AM CDT (532 AM EST) WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CDT (830 AM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...PERRY COUNTY...SPENCER COUNTY...WARRICK COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 533 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO PERRY...SPENCER AND WARRICK COUNTIES IN SOUTH INDIANA...AND
DAVIESS AND HANCOCK IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. IF YOU ARE IN A
FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDubois, Gibson, Pike6 hr
May 17, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDPosey, Vanderburgh3 hr
May 17, 5:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDPerry3 hr
May 17, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins, McLean, Webster53 min
May 17, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Hancock, Ohio38 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.