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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 20, 1995Vanderburgh County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 20, 1995, 11:44 PM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Vanderburgh County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 1995-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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 1995-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 210444
FFWEVV
INC163-210745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1144 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...VANDERBURGH COUNTY
 
AT 1143 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS VANDERBURGH COUNTY. THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS UNPASSABLE AND A BRIDGE OUT WITHIN THE CITY OF
EVANSVILLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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.