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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2016, 8:42 PM EST for Crawford County, Orange County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 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, 8:42 PM EST (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 11:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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, 9:45 PM EST | FLOOD | Chambersburg, IN | HWY 150 EAST PARTIALLY FLOODED ROAD. |
| Feb 2, 10:24 PM EST | HEAVY RAIN 2.15 | 2 Sse Paoli, IN | MEASURED AT A PRIVATE WEATHER STATION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 645 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
410
WGUS53 KLMK 030142
FFWLMK
INC025-117-123-030445-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0002.160203T0142Z-160203T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
842 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EST/1045 PM CST/
* AT 837 PM EST /737 PM CST/...SATELLITE ESTIMATES...DOPPLER RADAR
AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED FROM JASPER TO SANTA CLAUS. THIS
WILL PRODUCE A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF FLASH FLOODING WHICH WILL
BEGIN IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TELL CITY...PAOLI...ENGLISH...CAREFREE TOWN...MOUNT PLEASANT...
ORLEANS...FRENCH LICK...CANNELTON...STAMPERS CREEK...MARENGO...
MILLTOWN...LEOPOLD...ORANGEVILLE...WEST BADEN SPRINGS...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...ALTON...VALEENE...SULPHUR AND BONDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 8631 3843 8631 3840 8627 3819 8631
3819 8638 3816 8634 3810 8640 3812 8646
3807 8643 3804 8652 3793 8651 3792 8659
3784 8666 3791 8665 3789 8673 3800 8681
3800 8677 3825 8679 3825 8668 3869 8668
$$
JDG1 follow-up statement
818
WGUS73 KLMK 030341
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1041 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016
INC025-117-123-030445-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PERRY IN-ORANGE IN-CRAWFORD IN-
1041 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EST/1045
PM CST/ FOR PERRY...ORANGE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
AT 1033 PM EST /933 PM CST/...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SOME FLOODING
ISSUES IN ORANGE COUNTY. DISPATCH REPORTS SOME FLOODING IN THE
CHAMBERSBURG AREA BUT THE WATER IS BEGINNING TO RECEDE.
MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN 1 HOUR. THIS LEAD TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF FLASH FLOODING.
WE PLAN ON LETTING THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRE AT 1145 PM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 8631 3843 8631 3840 8627 3819 8631
3819 8638 3816 8634 3810 8640 3812 8646
3807 8643 3804 8652 3793 8651 3792 8659
3784 8666 3791 8665 3789 8673 3800 8681
3800 8677 3825 8679 3825 8668 3869 8668
$$
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, 8:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Dubois | 119 min |
| Feb 2, 11:08 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott | 3 hr |
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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.