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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 1997Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 11:37 PM EST for Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 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
Mar 1, 1997, 11:37 PM EST (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 2:00 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 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 KSDF 020440
FFWSDF
INC019-025-043-061-123-KYC027-093-163-183-085-091-020745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1137 PM EST (1037 PM CST) SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM EST (100 AM CST)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...CLARK COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY
   ...HARRISON COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY...HARDIN COUNTY...MEADE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...OHIO COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...GRAYSON COUNTY...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 2 AM
EST...ALTHOUGH THE RAIN SHOULD DIMINISH ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
BY THEN. STORM TOTALS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN 6 AND 10
INCHES SO FAR.
 
NEW RAINFALL RATES SHOULD AVERAGE AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...BEFORE
DIMINISHING LATER IN THE MORNING.
 
UNTIL THEN HOWEVER...THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
 
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.
 
STUREY
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison30 min
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Floyd, Harrison4 hr
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry4 hr
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark4 hr
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Perry2 hr
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison2 hr

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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.