Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 153, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 1997, 1:17 PM CDT for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 28, 1997, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1997, 2:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 281817 FFWSDF KYC053-057-281920- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 217 PM EDT (117 PM CDT) MON JUL 28 1997 * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 220 PM CDT (320 PM EDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED MODOC IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AREAS WEST OF ALBANY * CAUSE AND EFFECT A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE CUMBERLAND/ CLINTON COUNTY LINE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN THIS AREA. * FORECAST CONDITIONS AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEzXT HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE THE RISING WATERS. REC/VLD
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, Jul 28, 10:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
KYZ023>034-038-045-046-053-054-063>065-089>100-INZ076>079-083-084- 089>092-282100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THREAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
KYZ023>034-038-045-046-053-054-063>065-089>100-INZ076>079-083-084- 089>092-282100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THREAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KYZ023>034-038-045-046-053-054-063>065-089>100-INZ076>079-083-084- 089>092-282100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THREAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
KYZ023>034-038-045-046-053-054-063>065-089>100-INZ076>079-083-084- 089>092-282100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THREAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:04 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
204 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM MODOC KY .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/97 CUMBERLAND REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTERLocal storm report, Jul 28, 1:05 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
204 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PVM MODOC KY .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/97 CUMBERLAND REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 20 min |
| Jul 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 45 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.