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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

April 28, 2017Dubois County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2017, 10:15 PM EDT for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 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
Apr 28, 2017, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2017, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Dubois County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 11:20 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Nnw Jasper, INWATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT SAINT CHARLES STREET AND 36TH STREET.
Apr 29, 12:01 AM EDTFLASH FLOODHuntingburg, INVEHICLE STALLED IN HIGH WATER AT WASHINGTON STREET AND STATE ROAD 64. MULTIPLE VEHICLES STRANDED IN HIGH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY.

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 2017-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2017-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

329 
WGUS53 KLMK 290215
FFWLMK
INC037-290615-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0004.170429T0215Z-170429T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1015 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Dubois County in south central Indiana...

* Until 215 AM EDT

* At 1015 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Jasper, Huntingburg, Ferdinand, Holland, Birdseye, Dubois, Hillham,
  Celestine, Millersport and Bretzville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 8707 3850 8706 3851 8705 3851 8700
      3850 8698 3850 8696 3849 8696 3849 8695
      3851 8693 3850 8691 3850 8688 3853 8683
      3853 8668 3825 8669 3825 8679 3821 8679
      3820 8707

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington45 min
Apr 28, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson35 min
Apr 28, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois52 min
Apr 28, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange34 min
Apr 28, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange31 min
Apr 28, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford36 min
Apr 28, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington30 min
Apr 28, 11:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKCrawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Washington4 hr
Apr 28, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry23 min
Apr 28, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Perry30 min
Apr 28, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark26 min
Apr 28, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark24 min
Apr 29, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington26 min
Apr 29, 12:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Washington4 hr
Apr 29, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange, Perry26 min
Apr 29, 12:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison4 hr
Apr 29, 12:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington4 hr
Apr 29, 1:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKCrawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry6 hr
Apr 29, 2:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKDubois6 hr
Apr 29, 4:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington6 hr
Apr 29, 4:54 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison6 hr
Apr 29, 4:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois33 min
Apr 29, 6:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Orange, Washington32 min
Apr 29, 7:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Scott, Washington30 min
Apr 29, 7:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott50 min
Apr 29, 7:58 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKDubois6 hr
Apr 29, 10:04 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington6 hr
Apr 29, 10:16 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison3 hr
Apr 29, 2:43 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHarrison, Washington15 hr
Apr 29, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLMKClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more38 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.