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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY

December 2, 1991Clinton County, Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 2, 1991, 10:17 PM CST for Clinton County, Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 73 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 1991, 10:17 PM CST (04:17 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 1991, 11:30 PM CST
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, KY, Russell County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 1991-12-03Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1991-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -114 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 6:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Cumberland3 hr
Dec 2, 7:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Russell3 hr
Dec 2, 7:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson3 hr
Dec 2, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Mercer, Woodford4 hr
Dec 2, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKScott4 hr
Dec 2, 8:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln3 hr
Dec 2, 8:31 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKPulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne3 hr
Dec 2, 8:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKSpencer3 hr
Dec 2, 8:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion, Washington2 hr
Dec 2, 9:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKLaurel, McCreary, Whitley3 hr
Dec 2, 9:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKMenifee4 hr
Dec 2, 10:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey73 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.