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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

May 31, 1998Adair County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1998, 10:05 PM CDT for Adair County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1998, 12:05 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Adair County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1998-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3629 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 1998-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 010307
FFWSDF
KYC001-010505-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1105 PM EDT (1005 PM CDT) SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1205 AM CDT (105 AM EDT)

* AT 1003 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ADAIR
  COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

* DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN THE
  LAST HOUR ALONE...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM CDT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL
  AND SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY.

* WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNING FIVE TO SIX INCHES DEEP THROUGH SOME
  STREETS IN COLUMBIA.

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

DEWALD


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey41 min
May 31, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair28 min
May 31, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln27 min
May 31, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell32 min
May 31, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey18 min
May 31, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion33 min
May 31, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue38 min
May 31, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart36 min
May 31, 8:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion3 hr
May 31, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor90 min
May 31, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen48 min
May 31, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGreen47 min
May 31, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan36 min
May 31, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson33 min
May 31, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKRussell119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.