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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 1997Green County, Hart County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 9:36 PM CST for Green County, Hart County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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, 9:36 PM CST (03:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 1:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 020341
FFWSDF
KYC001-003-009-031-061-087-099-141-169-213-227-020745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1036 PM EST (936 PM CST) SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM EST (100 AM CST)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ADAIR COUNTY...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY...BUTLER COUNTY
   ...EDMONSON COUNTY...GREEN COUNTY...HART COUNTY...LOGAN COUNTY
   ...METCALFE COUNTY...SIMPSON COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED COUNTIES SHORTLY.
BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT...
WITH RAINFALL RATES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AVERAING AROUND 1 INCH
PER HOUR.
 
WITH FLOODING ALREADY IN PROGRESS AT MANY LOCATIONS...THE NEW RAINFALL
WILL ONLY SERVE TO MAKE THE FLOODING MORE SERIOUS.
 
THIS IS A 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, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge38 min
Mar 1, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade30 min
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Meade4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt4 hr
Mar 1, 7:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Trimble4 hr
Mar 1, 7:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKShelby4 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer3 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio3 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin3 hr
Mar 1, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and 1 more3 hr
Mar 1, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine, Woodford3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor3 hr
Mar 1, 9:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKNicholas3 hr
Mar 1, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren37 min
Mar 1, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren49 min
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade2 hr
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin2 hr
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio2 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe, Monroe60 min
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble2 hr
Mar 1, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKAdair40 min
Mar 1, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland45 min
Mar 1, 11:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 1, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison90 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark90 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey90 min
Mar 1, 11:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKCasey26 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.