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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1998Allen County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1998, 10:13 AM CDT for Allen County, Simpson County, Warren 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: Jun 14, 1998, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 1998, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076>079-084-
090>092-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
523 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.  SOME CITIES IN THE THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE
JASPER...LOUISVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...LEBANON...AND BOWLING GREEN. A
SLIGHT RISK EXISTS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

A WARM FRONT OVER MISSOURI AND TENNESSEE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO
KENTUCKY TODAY.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO BECOME INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE DURING THE DAY.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM
FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH KENTUCKY.

THE EXPECTED INSTABILITY ALONG WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS IN THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ALSO ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR LTHE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY.

CS

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076>079-084-
090>092-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
523 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.  SOME CITIES IN THE THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE
JASPER...LOUISVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...LEBANON...AND BOWLING GREEN. A
SLIGHT RISK EXISTS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

A WARM FRONT OVER MISSOURI AND TENNESSEE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO
KENTUCKY TODAY.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO BECOME INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE DURING THE DAY.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM
FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH KENTUCKY.

THE EXPECTED INSTABILITY ALONG WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS IN THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ALSO ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR LTHE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY.

CS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:06 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1106 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1105 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WARREN                         DES REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL JUST WEST OF BOLWING
                                          GREEN

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:07 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1107 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1106 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   1 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WARREN                         DES REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:08 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1108 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1107 AM    MEADOR                    KY   1 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   ALLEN                          SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:12 AM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1112 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1015 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WARREN                         DES REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL JUST WEST OF BOLWING
                                          GREEN

TIME OF EVENT CHANGED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 9:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	34 min
Jun 14, 9:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	33 min
Jun 14, 9:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	32 min
Jun 14, 10:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Logan	3 hr
Jun 14, 10:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Monroe	51 min
Jun 14, 10:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Barren, Monroe	2 hr
Jun 14, 10:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Barren, Monroe	118 min
Jun 14, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	27 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby	35 min

Nearby

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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.