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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 17, 1995Edwards County, Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1995, 1:46 AM CDT for Edwards County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, IL, Wayne County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 170647
FFWEVV
ILC047-185-191-INC037-051-125-171245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
146 AM CDT (146 AM EST) WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM CDT (745 AM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
 
   ...EDWARDS COUNTY...WABASH COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...DUBOIS COUNTY...GIBSON COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 140 AM CDT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
AND INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR
ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. THIS RAINFALL ADDED ON TO PREVIOUS RAINS OF
THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL MAKE FLASH EMINENT. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE
AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW FOR YOUR SAFETY.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FL,ASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
 
SLEIGHTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDWabash6 hr
May 17, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDWhite3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.