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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Louisville, KY

June 23, 1996Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 1996, 1:13 AM EDT for Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1996, 1:13 AM EDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1996, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2598 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 230510
FFWSDF
KYC069-205-230815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
113 AM EDT SUN JUN 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...FLEMING COUNTY...ROWAN COUNTY
 
AT 12:49 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MORE RAIN MOVING
INTO FLEMING AND ROWAN COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THE RAINFALL WAS NOT
EXTREMLY HEAVY BUT THIS RAIN IS IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVIER RAINFALLS
EARLIER TONIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING
IN NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
PROBLEM AND OVER SATURATED GROUND.
 
DUE TO THE RAINFALL AND WITH AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...THE WARNING WILL
CONTINUE TO 4 AM EDT.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
WHW
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:14 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
KYZ001>022-035>037-039>044-047>052-054>120-INZ090>092-230525-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1219 AM EDT (1119 PM CDT) SUN JUN 23 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST KENTUCKY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 673 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 2AM EDT...
BRACKEN...ROBERTSON...FLEMING...ROWAN...ELLIOT...MORGAN...MAGOFFIN
...JOHNSON...LEWIS...AND MASON.  SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES.  IN ADDITION HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 673 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANAr.  SEVERE
WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT IN THOSE COUNTIES.  SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE HOWEVER.

RNK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRowan42 min
Jun 23, 12:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFleming, Rowan57 min
Jun 23, 1:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison35 min
Jun 23, 2:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBath, Montgomery35 min
Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren36 min
Jun 23, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren31 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.