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Flash Flood Warning 147, NWS Louisville, KY

June 21, 1997Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 1997, 11:34 AM CDT for Edmonson County, Warren 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
Jun 21, 1997, 11:34 AM CDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1997, 1:35 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1908 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1908 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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 211635
FFWSDF
KYC061-227-211835-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1234 PM EDT (1134 AM CDT) SAT JUN 21 1997

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  EDMONSON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WARREN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 135 PM CDT (235 PM EDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  BOWLING GREEN
  BROWNSVILLE

* DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE 1030 AM CDT.

*  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RIAN IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

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

ACS/LJD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 11:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson60 min
Jun 21, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson60 min
Jun 21, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson61 min
Jun 21, 12:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin64 min
Jun 21, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin59 min
Jun 21, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin64 min
Jun 21, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson68 min
Jun 21, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson68 min
Jun 21, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham77 min
Jun 21, 3:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWarren65 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.