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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1998Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1998, 10:32 AM CDT for Barren County, Monroe 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
Jun 14, 1998, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 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
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

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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, Jun 14, 10:06 AM CDT, 26 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, 25 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, 24 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, 20 minutes 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
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:14 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1114 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1020 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   1 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WARREN                         DES REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL.

TIME OF EVENT CORRECTED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren34 min
Jun 14, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan33 min
Jun 14, 9:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen32 min
Jun 14, 10:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Simpson, Warren3 hr
Jun 14, 10:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan3 hr
Jun 14, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Monroe51 min
Jun 14, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Monroe118 min
Jun 14, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark27 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby35 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.