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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

February 2, 2016Crawford County, Orange County, Perry County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 2, 9:45 PM ESTFLOODChambersburg, INHWY 150 EAST PARTIALLY FLOODED ROAD.
Feb 2, 10:24 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 2.152 Sse Paoli, INMEASURED 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 479 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$
JDG
1 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

$$

JDG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 7:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois, Orange46 min
Feb 2, 8:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois119 min
Feb 2, 11:08 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott3 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.