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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 1995Greene County, Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 1:33 AM EST for Greene County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 1:33 AM EST (06:33 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 7:30 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 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 KIND 180634
FFWIND
INC093-055-153-181230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
133 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...GREENE COUNTY...SULLIVAN COUNTY
 
AT 130 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THESE
COUNTIES SINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
 
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
 
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.
 
TMA

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, May 18, 1:09 AM EST, 24 minutes before
INZ067>069-076>079-081>089-181200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
107 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA
UNTIL 7 AM EST.

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA
UNTIL 7 AM EST. IN INDIANA THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PORTION SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MADISON.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MADISON...EVANSVILLE...JASPER
...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...AND NEW ALBANY.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENIN^G WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 1:33 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence6 hr
May 18, 2:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick4 hr
May 18, 2:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDubois, Perry4 hr
May 18, 2:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess4 hr
May 18, 2:23 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDSpencer4 hr
May 18, 2:44 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson6 hr
May 18, 4:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings4 hr
May 18, 3:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Monroe4 hr
May 18, 3:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo4 hr
May 18, 3:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDOwen4 hr
May 18, 3:14 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClinton46 min
May 18, 3:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Pike54 min
May 18, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam3 hr
May 18, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion3 hr
May 18, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson3 hr
May 18, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton3 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph3 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDecatur, Hancock, Rush, Shelby3 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison3 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Lawrence3 hr

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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.