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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2004, 7:15 PM EST for Crawford County, Harrison County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2004, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2004, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:23 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 2.58 | Valley City, IN | RAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 4.29 INCHES PER HOUR. |
| May 25, 8:00 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | English, IN | SPERAS STREET IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| May 25, 8:15 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Corydon, IN | CORYDON - RAMSEY ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLMK 260017 CCA
FFWLMK
INC025-061-123-260315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
715 PM EST TUE MAY 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 1015 PM EST (1115 PM EDT)
* SINCE 4 PM EST, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SOME 3 TO 4 INCH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE WARNED AREA. A PERSISTENT BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT
LEAST 830 PM EST.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CORYDON AND ENGLISH
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.
LAT...LON 3805 8677 3824 8677 3824 8666 3838 8666
3840 8602 3804 8592 3801 8609 3808 8623
3821 8629 3815 8642 3802 8653 3793 8667
$$
XXV2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLMK 260117 FFSLMK INC025-061-123-260315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 816 PM EST TUE MAY 25 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EST (1115 PM EDT) FOR CRAWFORD...HARRISON AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 8 PM EST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN PERRY AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES REPORTED WATER OVER NUMEROUS ROADWAYS, WITH SOME CLOSED, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN ENGLISH AREA. PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 9 PM EST. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CREATE FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. $$ XXV
000 WGUS73 KLMK 260215 FFSLMK INC025-061-123-260315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 914 PM EST TUE MAY 25 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EST (1115 PM EDT) FOR CRAWFORD...HARRISON AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF CRAWFORD, HARRISON, AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. HOWEVER, RUNOFF FROM EARLIER TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE. REPORTS OF NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 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. $$ XXV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Perry | 51 min |
| May 25, 7:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Floyd | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.