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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 1997Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 8:19 PM EST for Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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 1, 1997, 8:19 PM EST (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 12:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 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 020120 RRA
FFWSDF
KYC103-211-223-020515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
819 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...HENRY COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY...TRIMBLE COUNTY
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SINCE LAST NIGHT. RAINFALL RATES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS COULD BE AS
MUCH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
 
WITH FLOODING IN PROGRESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...THE NEW RAINFALL
WILL ONLY MAKE THE FLOODING MORE SEVERE.
 
THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
STUREY
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge38 min
Mar 1, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade30 min
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Meade4 hr
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock4 hr
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham4 hr
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt4 hr
Mar 1, 8:19 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Trimble4 hr
Mar 1, 8:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer3 hr
Mar 1, 8:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio3 hr
Mar 1, 8:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin3 hr
Mar 1, 10:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and 1 more3 hr
Mar 1, 10:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Metcalfe3 hr
Mar 1, 10:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair3 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington3 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine, Woodford3 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor3 hr
Mar 1, 10:48 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKNicholas3 hr
Mar 1, 10:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren37 min
Mar 1, 11:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren49 min
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade2 hr
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin2 hr
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio2 hr
Mar 1, 11:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe, Monroe60 min
Mar 1, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer2 hr
Mar 1, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin2 hr
Mar 1, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson2 hr
Mar 1, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble2 hr
Mar 2, 12:05 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair40 min
Mar 2, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland45 min
Mar 2, 12:27 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 2, 12:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 2, 12:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison90 min
Mar 2, 12:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark90 min
Mar 2, 12:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey90 min
Mar 2, 12:34 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey26 min

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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.