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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Louisville, KY

May 31, 1998Marion County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1998, 9:28 PM EDT for Marion 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: May 31, 1998, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 1998, 12:25 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Marion County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 5.1
Supercell composite: 21.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 010130
FFWSDF
KYC155-010425-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
928 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1225 AM EDT

* AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 40 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET. THIS STORM <WAS MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES
AN HOUR ACROSS THIS AREA WITH FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING IN LEBANON.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

REC/TF


&

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

Local storm report, May 31, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
718 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0713 PM    HODGENVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   LARUE                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORT FROM NWS.

Local storm report, May 31, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
753 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    FRANKLINTON               KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   HENRY                          SEVERAL BARNS DESTROYED.
                                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON
                                          HOMES. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
                                          REPORT STATE POLICE.

0730 PM    ELIZABETH TOWN            KY   FLOODING
05/31/98   HARDIN                         RAILROAD UNDERPASS UNDER
                                          WATER. WATER OVER HIGHWAY
                                          62. REPORT FROM HAM
                                          OPERATOR

Local storm report, May 31, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
758 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0720 PM    1 W SPRINGFIELD           KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   WASHINGTON                     REPORT FROM LOCAL
                                          DISPATCH.

0740 PM    2 E HODGENVILLE           KY   WIND DAMAGE          d
05/31/98   LARUE                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORT FROM HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATOR.

Local storm report, May 31, 8:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
809 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0755 PM    WINCHESTER                KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   CLARK                          POWER LINES DOWN ONTO
                                          VEHICLE. REPORT FROM
                                          DISPATCH.

0759 PM    CAMPBELLSVILLE            KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TAYLOR                         REPORT FROM RADIO STATION.

0759 PM    CAMPBELLSVILLE            KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   TAYLOR                         REPORT FROM RADIO STATION.

Local storm report, May 31, 8:32 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
832 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0615 PM    LOUISVILLE                KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   JEFFERSON                      POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
                                          CITY. REPORT FROM SHERIFF
                                          DISPATCH.

0820 PM    LIBERTY                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   CASEY                          TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
                                          DISPATCH.

Local storm report, May 31, 9:13 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
913 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 PM    LEBANON                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   MARION                         NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN.

0820 PM    CAMPBELLSVILLE            KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   TAYLOR                         ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING
                                          SUPPLY STORE INTO CAR
                                          DEALERSHIP LOT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	41 min
May 31, 8:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	28 min
May 31, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	27 min
May 31, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	32 min
May 31, 8:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	18 min
May 31, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion	33 min
May 31, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	38 min
May 31, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	36 min
May 31, 9:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Taylor	90 min
May 31, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	48 min
May 31, 9:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green	47 min
May 31, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	36 min
May 31, 11:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair	2 hr
May 31, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson	33 min
May 31, 11:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Russell	119 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.