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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 10, 1996Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1996, 11:01 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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 10, 1996, 11:01 PM EST (04:01 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1996, 3:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 1996-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 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 110402
FFWIND
INC027-083-101-110800-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1101 PM EST FRI MAY 10 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 1100 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA.
 
WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO ONE AND A
HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN KNOX...
SOUTHERN DAVIESS...AND SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES FROM 930 PM TO
1030 PM EST.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.
THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 11:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Knox4 hr

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.