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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Louisville, KY

April 14, 2002Orange County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2002, 9:30 AM EST for Orange County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2002, 9:30 AM EST (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2002, 10:30 AM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 2002-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 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 141434
FFWSDF
INC117-175-141630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
930 AM EST SUN APR 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1130 AM EST

* HEAVY RAINFALL FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES THAT FELL EARLIER THIS
  MORNING HAS CAUSED MINOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS 
  ROADS WERE CLOSED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY 
  INDIANA AND A FEW ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER IN SOUTHERN
  ORANGE COUNTY INDIANA. SEWERS WERE ALSO BEGINNING TO BACK UP
  INTO BASEMENTS IN SOME AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PAOLI AND SALEM

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

$$

VLD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 5:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange, Washington3 hr
Apr 14, 5:32 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange, Washington4 hr
Apr 14, 9:34 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOrange, Washington116 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.