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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

May 25, 2004Crawford County, Harrison County, Perry County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 7:23 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 2.58Valley City, INRAIN WAS FALLING AT A RATE OF 4.29 INCHES PER HOUR.
May 25, 8:00 PM ESTFLASH FLOODEnglish, INSPERAS STREET IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
May 25, 8:15 PM ESTFLASH FLOODCorydon, INCORYDON - 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2004-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 923 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2004-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
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

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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

$$
XXV
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Perry51 min
May 25, 7:25 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKFloyd3 hr
May 26, 11:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry32 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.