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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 1995Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 2:44 AM EST for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 2:44 AM EST (07:44 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 8:45 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 180747
FFWIND
INC071-181345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
244 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 240 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.
 
RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 0.50 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM 130 AM TO
230 AM ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS...ROADS AND STREAMS AS GROUNDS ARE
ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER JACKSON COUNTY
OVERNIGHT.
 
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, 1 hour 35 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 WarningINDGreene, Sullivan6 hr
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, 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.