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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

August 8, 1996Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 1996, 2:35 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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
Aug 8, 1996, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1996, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Pulaski County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 12:00Z on 1996-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2102 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 081837
FFWSDF
KYC199-082230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
235 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY
STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY. THE STORM HAS
ALREADY PRODUCED 2.6 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WILL LIKELY
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AS MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
MK/AB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson38 min
Aug 8, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade33 min
Aug 8, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Spencer36 min
Aug 8, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan29 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.