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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 8, 1996Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1996, 5:16 AM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1996, 5:16 AM EST (10:16 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1996, 8:15 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1996-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 081019
FFWIND
INC027-055-083-101-153-081315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
516 AM EST WED MAY 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY
   ...SULLIVAN COUNTY
 
AT 518 AM EST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN OVER SULLIVAN AND KNOX COUNTIES. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF NEARLY 1 INCH OVER THE LAST HOUR.
 
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL ALSO AFFECT
GREENE...DAVIESS AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 8 AM EST.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
LASHLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 5:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan3 hr
May 8, 8:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin4 hr
May 8, 8:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDSullivan4 hr
May 8, 1:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion58 min
May 8, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo57 min
May 8, 2:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan58 min
May 8, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen, Putnam59 min
May 8, 2:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene58 min
May 8, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan61 min
May 8, 3:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe69 min
May 8, 3:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox64 min
May 8, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess60 min
May 8, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence67 min
May 8, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson58 min
May 8, 3:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson58 min
May 8, 3:55 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence35 min
May 8, 4:03 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJennings27 min
May 8, 4:47 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHenry, Rush28 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.