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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 1995Grayson County, Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 8:51 AM CDT for Grayson County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Grayson County, KY, Hart County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 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
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 131354
FFWEVV
KYC009-085-099-131600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
851 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BARREN COUNTY...GRAYSON COUNTY...HART COUNTY
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING
WAS CAUSING SMALL STREAMS AND LOW AREAS TO FLOOD. THE HART COUNTY DES
REPORTED TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR AND STILL RAINING. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
* 
BLOCK
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion26 min
May 13, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWebster33 min
May 13, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Hopkins27 min
May 13, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Todd33 min
May 13, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg, Ohio36 min
May 13, 8:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDBarren2 hr
May 13, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson, Warren30 min

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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.