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Flash Flood Warning 108, NWS Louisville, KY

March 5, 1997Clinton County, Cumberland County, Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 1997, 8:05 AM CST for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Russell 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
Mar 5, 1997, 8:05 AM CST (14:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1997, 11:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Russell County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 139 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 313 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 051410
FFWSDF
KYC053-057-207-051715-
 
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 1200 PM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...RUSSELL COUNTY
 
AT 9 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1/2 TO
ONE INCH HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THOSE AREAS SINCE 8 AM EST.
 
MORE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING ACROSS
PARTS OF CLINTON...CUMBERLAND AND RUSSELL COUNTIES.  SOME OF THE RAIN
WILL BE HEAVY WITH NEW RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE LIKELY.
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
 
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.
 
STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin2 hr
Mar 5, 8:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer3 hr
Mar 5, 8:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Woodford3 hr
Mar 5, 8:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Madison2 hr
Mar 5, 8:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon2 hr
Mar 5, 9:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Barren, Metcalfe118 min
Mar 5, 9:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen118 min
Mar 5, 11:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Hart3 hr
Mar 5, 11:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe3 hr
Mar 5, 11:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor3 hr
Mar 5, 11:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Russell3 hr
Mar 5, 11:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen3 hr
Mar 5, 1:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Mercer103 min
Mar 5, 1:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle103 min
Mar 5, 2:07 PM CSTFlash 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.