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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY

May 17, 1995Crawford County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 1995, 3:54 AM EST for Crawford County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 3:54 AM EST (08:54 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 8:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 552 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 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 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
552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 170856
FFWSDF
INC025-171300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
454 AM EDT WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR AT LOUISVILLE INDICATES A MORE OR LESS WEST TO EAST BAND
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AT 450 AM
EDT. REPORTS FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY INDIANA INDICATE THAT THE CREEKS AND
STREAMS ARE NOW RUNNING NEARLY AT BANKFUL. ADDITIONAL RAINS DURING THE
MORNING WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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.