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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 7, 1995Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 1995, 7:46 AM EST for Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1995, 7:46 AM EST (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1995, 11:45 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 807 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
807 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 071247
FFWIND
INC119-071645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
746 AM EST MON AUG 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...OWEN COUNTY
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT MANY COUNTY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AT
730 AM.
 
RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN SPENCER AND
FREEDOM...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGH:T IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
SGE
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMonroe3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.