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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2018, 7:35 PM EST for Crawford County, Dubois County, Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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 24, 2018, 7:35 PM EST (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Orange County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 24, 9:45 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Huntingburg, IN | DELAYED REPORT. NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 32 ROADS CLOSED IN DUBOIS COUNTY AT ONE TIME. |
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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
316
WGUS53 KLMK 250035
FFWLMK
INC025-037-117-250430-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0004.180225T0035Z-180225T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
735 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Dubois County in south central Indiana...
Northwestern Crawford County in south central Indiana...
Orange County in south central Indiana...
* Until 1130 PM EST/1030 PM CST/
* At 734 PM EST/634 PM CST/, 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. Law enforcement report some roads already closed due to
high water.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Jasper, Paoli, English, Huntingburg, Ferdinand, Orleans, French
Lick, Orangeville, Holland and West Baden Springs.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to locally 2 inches are possible in
the warned area as another line of storms moves through the area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8707 3850 8706 3851 8700 3849 8695
3851 8693 3850 8688 3853 8683 3853 8668
3869 8668 3869 8644 3868 8644 3827 8645
3825 8679 3820 8680 3820 8707
$$
ZT2 follow-up statements
385
WGUS73 KLMK 250140
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
840 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2018
INC025-037-117-250430-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180225T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dubois IN-Crawford IN-Orange IN-
840 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EST/1030
PM CST/ FOR DUBOIS...NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND ORANGE COUNTIES...
At 839 PM EST/739 PM CST/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing intense rainfall across Dubois County. This band of
intense rainfall will move eastward across Dubois county and into
northwest Crawford and into southwest Orange county in the next hour.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Jasper, Paoli, English, Huntingburg, Ferdinand, Orleans, French Lick,
Orangeville, Holland and West Baden Springs.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches will be possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8707 3850 8706 3851 8700 3849 8695
3851 8693 3850 8688 3853 8683 3853 8668
3869 8668 3869 8644 3868 8644 3827 8645
3825 8679 3820 8680 3820 8707
$$
MJ822
WGUS73 KLMK 250427
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1127 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2018
INC025-037-117-250435-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180225T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dubois IN-Crawford IN-Orange IN-
1127 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DUBOIS...NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND
ORANGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EST/1030 PM CST/...
The heavy rain has ended. However extensive runoff is expected to
occur throughout the night due to the excessive rainfall. An areal
flood warning remains in effect through 600 AM Sunday morning.
LAT...LON 3851 8707 3850 8706 3851 8700 3849 8695
3851 8693 3850 8688 3853 8683 3853 8668
3869 8668 3869 8644 3868 8644 3827 8645
3825 8679 3820 8680 3820 8707
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 8:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 9:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Perry | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 9:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Perry | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 10:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 10:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 18 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:01 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:15 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:39 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 2 more | 24 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.