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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY

April 12, 2002Crawford County, Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2002, 9:31 PM EST for Crawford County, Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2002, 9:31 PM EST (02:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2002, 11:30 PM EST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2002-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 190 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 130231
FFWSDF
INC025-037-123-130430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
930 PM EST FRI APR 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM EST

* AT 927 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN NEAR MENTOR...OR ABOUT 53 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
  EAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ENGLISH

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSESS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 
THIS STORM CAUSED FLOODING OF STREETS IN FERDINAND.

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

LAT...LON 3838 8688 3819 8684 3821 8642 3840 8643

$$

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 9:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry60 min
Apr 12, 11:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington25 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.