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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

May 12, 2005Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2005, 12:26 AM EST for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 94 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
May 12, 2005, 12:26 AM EST (05:26 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2005, 2:00 AM EST
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Orange County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 249 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 2005-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2005-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 120528
FFWLMK
INC117-120700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
126 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT (200 AM EST)

* AT 119 AM EDT (1219 AM EST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 
RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER ORANGE COUNTY...THAT 
HAVE PRODUCED AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 11 PM EST. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR SO ARE EXPECTED...WHICH 
MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS 
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF ORANGE COUNTY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST 
BADEN SPRINGS...FRENCH LICK...PAOLI.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED URBAN AND 
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ORANGE COUNTY. THE FLOOD ADVISORY 
FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY CONTINUES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3868 8667 3842 8666 3841 8633 3868 8634

$$
CS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KLMK 120653
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
251 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2005

INC117-120701-
ORANGE IN-
251 AM EDT THU MAY 12 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ORANGE COUNTY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS 
OF 3 AM EDT (2 AM EST)...

CALLS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 
CONCERNS ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 
INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ORANGE COUNTY...WITH 
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEARING 2.5 INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS. 
MUCH OF THIS RAIN FELL WITHIN A 2 HOUR PERIOD OVERNIGHT. POCKETS OF 
MODERATE RAIN MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS...THOUGH ONLY 
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS AND PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY OCCUR.

LAT...LON 3868 8667 3842 8666 3841 8633 3868 8634

$$
CS

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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.