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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Louisville, KY

May 13, 2002Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2002, 3:33 AM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 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 13, 2002, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2002, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 2002-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 263 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 2002-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 130733
FFWSDF
INC061-131030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
331 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 328 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 11 IN 
  CORYDON. WATER IN THE ROAD WAS ESTIMATED AT TWO FEET DEEP.

MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO HARRISON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 
FEW HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CORYDON

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.

&

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange36 min
May 12, 11:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois89 min
May 12, 11:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois2 hr
May 13, 12:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison, Perry3 hr
May 13, 4:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois2 hr
May 13, 4:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.