Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
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 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.
- 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
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.