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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS SDF

February 18, 20004 counties in Indiana

NWS SDF issued this flash flood warning at Feb 18, 2000, 2:30 PM EST for 4 counties in 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
Feb 18, 2000, 2:30 PM EST (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2000, 4:30 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS SDF
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 12:00Z on 2000-02-18Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2000-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 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 181933
FFWSDF
INC019-025-043-061-182120-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 PM EST FRI FEB 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 225 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO
  MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER OVER
  THE WARNED COUNTIES.

* CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS ROADWAYS TO BE CLOSED
  DUE TO HIGH WATER. STEADY RAINS WILL BE GIVING WAY TO MORE
  PERIODIC RAIN...HOWEVER THIS RAIN WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AND
  CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING.

  DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
  AUTOMOBILES.

  KIRKPATRICK


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The office that day

Everything else NWS SDF issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 10:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison4 hr
Feb 18, 12:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFDubois, Jefferson, Orange, Perry, Scott, Washington4 hr
Feb 18, 4:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more4 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.