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Flash Flood Warning 114, NWS Louisville, KY

March 5, 1997Barren County, Edmonson County, Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 1997, 11:13 AM CST for Barren County, Edmonson County, Hart 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, 11:13 AM CST (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1997, 2:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barren County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Hart County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 318 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 051707
FFWSDF
KYC001-003-009-053-057-061-087-099-169-171-207-217-052000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1213 PM EST (1113 AM CST) WED MAR 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EST (200 PM CST)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ADAIR COUNTY...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY...CLINTON COUNTY
   ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...EDMONSON COUNTY...GREEN COUNTY...HART COUNTY
   ...METCALFE COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY...RUSSELL...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 11 AM CST DOPPLER RADAR AT LOUISVILLE INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS MOVING ACROSS THIS REGION. RADAR PRECIPITATION
ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ONE TO AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH IN TWO OR THREE HOURS.
 
 
 
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, 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 WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland, Russell3 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 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.