Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 4:17 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 118 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
- Jun 15, 2003, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Harrison County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 12:00Z, 8.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLMK 152019
FFWLMK
INC061-152215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
417 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 413 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER LANESVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...
MOVING VERY LITTLE OR STATIONARY.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CORYDON
RAINFALL SINCE 3 PM HAS BEEN AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE CORYDON AREA AND
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 615 PM WILL BE 2 INCHES OR MORE.
NUMEROUS CITY ROADS IN DOWNTOWN CORYDON HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE
FLOODED BY THE HARRISON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
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.
LAT...LON 3825 8627 3810 8634 3817 8591 3822 8597
3832 8602
$$
JB2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLMK 152144 FFSLMK INC061-152215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 545 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 535 PM EDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN CORYDON CONTINUING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS ENDED...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR AND MAY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS IN HARRISON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4 INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 615 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. $$ JB
000 WGUS73 KLMK 152213 FFSLMK INC061-152230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 612 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY HAS TOTALED AROUND 3 INCHES SINCE 4 PM. HOWEVER THE RAIN HAS SINCE ENDED AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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. $$ JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 3:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Perry | 65 min |
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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.