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Flash Flood Warning 107, NWS Louisville, KY

March 5, 19975 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 1997, 9:05 AM EST for 5 counties in 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
Mar 5, 1997, 9:05 AM EST (14:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1997, 12:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyle County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Mercer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 12:00Z on 1997-03-05Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 284 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194Sfc1 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
848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 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 051409 RRA
FFWSDF
KYC021-067-079-113-167-239-137-051700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
905 AM EST WED MAR 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOYLE COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY...GARRARD COUNTY
   ...JESSAMINE COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY...WOODFORD COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 9 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
 
RADAR INDICATES AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA AND
ADDITIONAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON.
 
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 zWATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 9:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin2 hr
Mar 5, 9:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland, Russell3 hr
Mar 5, 9:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Woodford3 hr
Mar 5, 9:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Madison2 hr
Mar 5, 9:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon2 hr
Mar 5, 10:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Barren, Metcalfe118 min
Mar 5, 10:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen118 min
Mar 5, 12:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Hart3 hr
Mar 5, 12:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe3 hr
Mar 5, 12:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor3 hr
Mar 5, 12:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Russell3 hr
Mar 5, 12:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen3 hr
Mar 5, 2:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Mercer103 min
Mar 5, 2:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle103 min
Mar 5, 3:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland, Russell83 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.