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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 10, 2006Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2006, 7:17 PM CDT for Daviess County, Knox 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
May 10, 2006, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2006-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KIND 110017
FFWIND
INC027-083-110215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
717 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SANDBORN...PLAINVILLE...ODON...OAKTOWN...ELNORA...EDWARDSPORT...
  BRUCEVILLE AND BICKNELL.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3843 8771 3853 8747 3856 8724 3851 8694
      3868 8694 3890 8692 3890 8751 3873 8752

$$

CP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KIND 110115
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
913 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

INC027-083-110215-
DAVIESS-KNOX-
813 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
DAVIESS AND KNOX COUNTIES...

AT 805 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES 
OVER DAVIESS AND KNOX COUNTIES...CONTRIBUTING TO FLOODING IN THE 
AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHEATLAND...
WASHINGTON...VINCENNES...SANDBORN...PLAINVILLE...ODON...OAKTOWN...
MONTGOMERY...ELNORA...EDWARDSPORT...CANNELBURG...BRUCEVILLE AND
BICKNELL.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3843 8771 3853 8747 3856 8724 3851 8694
      3868 8694 3890 8692 3890 8751 3873 8752

$$

CP
000 
WGUS73 KIND 110206
FFSIND

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1006 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006

INC027-083-110216-
DAVIESS-KNOX-
906 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DAVIESS AND KNOX COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
915 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3843 8771 3853 8747 3856 8724 3851 8694
      3868 8694 3890 8692 3890 8751 3873 8752

$$
CP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMartin46 min
May 10, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMartin33 min
May 11, 2:55 AM CDTWind AdvisoryINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton and 14 more8 hr

Nearby

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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.