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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

May 12, 1995Casey County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 1995, 11:43 PM EDT for Casey County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1995, 11:43 PM EDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Casey County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 1995-05-13Temperature 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
1730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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
May 12, 11:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
May 13, 7:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden14 min
May 13, 10:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor115 min
May 13, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell62 min
May 13, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson2 hr
May 13, 11:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
May 13, 12:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor114 min
May 13, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland46 min
May 13, 1:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Russell119 min
May 13, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton42 min
May 13, 1:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle55 min
May 13, 1:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey63 min
May 13, 1:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle63 min
May 13, 2:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle69 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.