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Flash Flood Warning 137, NWS Louisville, KY

May 19, 1997Washington County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1997, 5:11 PM EDT for Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 79 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: May 19, 1997, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 79 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 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 192111
FFWSDF
KYC093-123-179-229-192230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
511 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  HARDIN COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LARUE COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NELSON COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WASHINGTON COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
 

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE WARNED
AREA WITH RAINFALL ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA SINCE
4 PM EDT.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO
INCHES POSSIBLE.

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
TO ESCAPE THE RISING WATERS.

SCHOLZ/STUREY

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

Special weather statement, May 19, 11:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-071-074-076-077-094-INZ076>079-
083-084-089>092-192330-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1145 AM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS EXTENDED THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AREA FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY.  THIS AREA
INCLUDES MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AS WELL AS ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.  THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE INTO NEW ENGLAND BY
TUESDAY MORNING AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE INTERACTION OF THE
FRONT WITH WARM MOIST AIR OVER INDIANA AND KENTUCKY WILL CAUSE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS BUT
SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AS WITH ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ISOLATED TORNADOS MAY ALSO OCCUR. HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND/OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

JA

Special weather statement, May 19, 11:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-071-074-076-077-094-INZ076>079-
083-084-089>092-192330-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1145 AM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS EXTENDED THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AREA FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY.  THIS AREA
INCLUDES MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AS WELL AS ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.  THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE INTO NEW ENGLAND BY
TUESDAY MORNING AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE INTERACTION OF THE
FRONT WITH WARM MOIST AIR OVER INDIANA AND KENTUCKY WILL CAUSE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS BUT
SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AS WITH ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ISOLATED TORNADOS MAY ALSO OCCUR. HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND/OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

JA

Local storm report, May 19, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
348 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0243 PM    HODGENVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97   LARUE                          2 MILES E... SEMI TRUCK
                                          BLOWN OVER AND SEVERAL
                                          TREES BLOWN DOWN

Local storm report, May 19, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
410 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    HARDINSBURG               KY   SEVERAL TREES DOWN REPORTED
05/19/97   BRECKINRIDGE                   BY DISPATCH. WINDS ESTIMATED
                                          AT 60 MPH.

Local storm report, May 19, 4:12 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
410 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PHM    HARDINSBURG               KY   SEVERAL TREES DOWN REPORTED
05/19/97   BRECKINRIDGE                   BY DISPATCH. WINDS ESTIMATED
                                          AT 60 MPH.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	34 min
May 19, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	29 min
May 19, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Woodford	29 min
May 19, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Ohio	48 min
May 19, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	31 min
May 19, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	24 min
May 19, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson	34 min
May 19, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	26 min
May 19, 4:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	70 min
May 19, 5:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Nelson	79 min
May 19, 6:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer	56 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1997 Every 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.