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Flash Flood Warning 102, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 1997Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 11:27 PM CST for Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 1997, 11:27 PM CST (05:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 12:30 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Mar 1, 11:12 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1212 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997

TIME EST   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1200 AM     VNCTY GLASGOW              KY      SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
3/2/97      BARREN                             CHAIRS REPORTED
                                               FLYING THROUGH THE
                                               AIR.  REPORTED BY
                                               BOWLING GREEN KSP.

RNK
Local storm report, Mar 1, 11:13 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1212 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997

TIME EST   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1200 AM     VNCTY GLASGOW              KY      SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
3/2/97      BARREN                             CHAIRS REPORTED
                                               FLYING THROUGH THE
                                     ^          AIR.  REPORTED BY
                                               BOWLING GREEN KSP.

RNK
Local storm report, Mar 1, 11:19 PM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1219 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997

TIME EST   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1210 AM     SOUTH WEST                 KY      MARBLE-DIME SIZE HAIL.
3/2/97      GREEN                              REPORTED BY GREEN CO
                                               DES.

RNK
Local storm report, Mar 1, 11:21 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1219 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997

TIME EST   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            .j..REMARKS...

1210 AM     SOUTH WEST                 KY      MARBLE-DIME SIZE HAIL.
3/2/97      GREEN                              REPORTED BY GREEN CO
                                               DES.

RNK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge38 min
Mar 1, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade30 min
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Meade4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt4 hr
Mar 1, 7:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Trimble4 hr
Mar 1, 7:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKShelby4 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer3 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio3 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin3 hr
Mar 1, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and 1 more3 hr
Mar 1, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Metcalfe3 hr
Mar 1, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine, Woodford3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor3 hr
Mar 1, 9:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKNicholas3 hr
Mar 1, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren37 min
Mar 1, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren49 min
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade2 hr
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin2 hr
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio2 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe, Monroe60 min
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble2 hr
Mar 1, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKAdair40 min
Mar 1, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland45 min
Mar 1, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison90 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark90 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey90 min
Mar 1, 11:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKCasey26 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.