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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 14, 1995Vanderburgh County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 3:02 AM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 4:08 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Vanderburgh County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3482 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
30.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 140802
FFWEVV
INC163-141000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
302 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...VANDERBURGH COUNTY
 
AT 255 AM CDT...RECORD RAINFALL AROUND EVANSVILLE WAS CAUSING
FLASH FLOODING OF ALL LOW-LYING AREAS...AND NUMEROUS THUNDER
STORMS EXTENDING WEST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER WILL PRODUCE MORE
RAIN TO ADD TO THE FLOODING PROBLEMS.  EVANSVILLE HAS RECORDED
TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN AT 1130 PM CDT UNTIL
3 AM CDT.
 
IF FLOODING ID OBSERVED IN YOUR AREA..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.  REPORT FLOODED AREAS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
 
 
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 CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
ZIMMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Cass55 min
May 13, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningINDCass32 min
May 13, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe39 min
May 13, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHoward, Miami54 min
May 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery60 min
May 13, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningINDClinton44 min
May 13, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningINDTipton49 min
May 14, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningINDBoone37 min
May 14, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam63 min
May 14, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay63 min
May 14, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion, Morgan57 min
May 14, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen57 min
May 14, 12:36 AM CDTTornado WarningINDHamilton54 min
May 14, 12:54 AM CDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison51 min
May 14, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WarningINDHancock48 min
May 14, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson55 min
May 14, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe33 min
May 14, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry42 min
May 14, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby42 min
May 14, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush52 min

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.