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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Louisville, KY

May 8, 2002Dubois County, Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2002, 6:30 AM EST for Dubois County, Orange 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
May 8, 2002, 6:30 AM EST (11:30 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2002, 8:30 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dubois County, IN, Orange County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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 081127
FFWSDF
INC037-117-081430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
630 AM EST WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 AM EST

* AT 625 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY      
  RAIN OVER MUCH OF DUBOIS AND ORANGE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
  INDIANA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1.0 AND 1.5 INCHES       
  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING IN DUBOIS AND        
  ORANGE COUNTIES. MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING 
  WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN LIKELY. THE ADDITIONAL            
  HEAVY RAIN...FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...WILL LIKELY     
  LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.  

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JASPER AND PAOLI

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.

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

$$
STUREY/CALLAHAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 6:27 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange3 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.