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Flash Flood Warning 110, NWS Louisville, KY

March 5, 1997Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 1997, 9:43 AM EST for Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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, 9:43 AM EST (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1997, 12:00 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, KY, Madison County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 051436
FFWSDF
KYC017-049-151-051745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
943 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 EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOURBON COUNTY...CLARK COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR AT LOUISVILE INDICATES THAT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. WITH
ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY...FLASH FLOODING
IS IMMINENT.
 
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Mercer3 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 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.