Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2016, 8:01 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 119 min. 2 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 8:01 PM EST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Dubois County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 9:39 PM EST | FLOOD | Birdseye, IN | ROAD PARTIALLY FLOODED |
| Feb 2, 9:39 PM EST | FLOOD | Huntingburg, IN | ROAD PARTIALLY UNDER WATER NEAR SOUTHRIDGE HS AND US 231 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 117 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
231
WGUS53 KLMK 030101
FFWLMK
INC037-030300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0001.160203T0101Z-160203T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
801 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EST
* AT 756 PM EST...SATELLITE ESTIMATES...DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN
GAUGES INDICATED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE TO HENDERSON. THIS
HAS PRODUCED A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF FLASH FLOODING WHICH WILL
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JASPER...HUNTINGBURG...FERDINAND...HOLLAND...BIRDSEYE...
...IRELAND... SCHNELLVILLE...NORTON...CUZCO...HAYSVILLE...DUFF...
THALES...HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8707 3851 8700 3850 8698 3850 8696
3851 8693 3850 8691 3850 8688 3853 8683
3853 8668 3829 8669 3825 8675 3825 8679
3822 8679 3820 8682 3820 8707
$$
JDG1 follow-up statement
939
WGUS73 KLMK 030252
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
952 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016
INC037-030300-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUBOIS IN-
952 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR
DUBOIS COUNTY...
AT 949 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STATE ROAD 64 WEST OF BIRDSEYE
AND 231 NEAR SOUTHRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCED FLASH OVER THE LAST
HOUR FLOODING. THE WATER HAS RECEDED...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE
ALOWED TO EXPIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8707 3851 8700 3850 8698 3850 8696
3851 8693 3850 8691 3850 8688 3853 8683
3853 8668 3829 8669 3825 8675 3825 8679
3822 8679 3820 8682 3820 8707
$$
JDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 46 min |
| Feb 2, 8:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange, Perry | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 11:08 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.