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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

August 24, 2000Crawford County, Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2000, 1:25 AM EST for Crawford County, Dubois 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
Aug 24, 2000, 1:25 AM EST (06:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2000, 3:25 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 2000-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2220 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 2000-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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 
WGUS53 KLMK 240627
FFWLMK
INC025-037-240925-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
125 AM EST THU AUG 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 425 AM EST

* AT 120 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS
  AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND
  PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LIKELY TO
  MOVE OVER CRAWFORD AND DUBOIS COUNTIES THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
  ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. THIS NEW RAINFALL...ON
  TOP OF THE ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...THAT FELL EARLIER IN
  THE NIGHT...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JASPER...HAYSVILLE...
  ENGLISH AND TEMPLE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE
WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 10:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange33 min
Aug 23, 10:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois60 min
Aug 23, 10:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford59 min
Aug 23, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison30 min

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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.