Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 5:00 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Green County, KY, Larue County, KY

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSDF 012020
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KYC021-079-123-045-087-137-155-217-012315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
316 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOYLE COUNTY...GARRARD COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...LARUE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...CASEY COUNTY...GREEN COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...MARION COUNTY
   ...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE
HEAVY FROM TIME TO TIME.  ALREADY RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN
2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT.  ANOTHER INCH
OR TWO OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME SPOTS THROUGH THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON.
 
SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES
...AND THE NEW RAIN WILL ONLY AGGREVIATE AN ALREADY DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION.
 
STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.t  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
STUREY
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In the hours before

KYZ073>077-081-011450-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
943 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEN... MONROE... CUMBERLAND...
BARREN... METCALFE... AND ADAIR HAS EXPIRED.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUT SOME
SECONDARY ROADS REMAIN COVERED WITH WATER. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE
OVER ROADS OR BRIDGES COVERED BY WATER.

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
BUT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

JA

KYZ073>077-081-011450-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
943 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEN... MONROE... CUMBERLAND...
BARREN... METCALFE... AND ADAIR HAS EXPIRED.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUT SOME
SECONDARY ROADS REMAIN COVERED WITH WATER. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE
OVER ROADS OR BRIDGES COVERED BY WATER.

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
BUT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

JA

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.