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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 1998, 9:33 AM EDT for Fayette County, Jessamine County, Woodford 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
- Jul 20, 1998, 9:33 AM EDT (13:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1998, 11:35 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 201333 FFWSDF KYC067-073-113-209-239-201535- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 933 AM EDT MON JUL 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1135 AM EDT * THIS MORNING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CE|NTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE MORNING. MANY ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN GEORGETOWN IN SCOTT COUNTY THE ELKHORN BRIDGE ON NORTH 25 HAS BEEN FLOODED. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! CS &
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, Jul 20, 6:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
INZ076>078-084-090>092-KYZ025-028>030-038-045>047-053>055-065>067- 201110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 615 AM EDT MON JUL 20 1998 DOPPLER RADAR AT LOUISVILLE CONTINUES TO INDICATE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA SOUTHWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME TREE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY IN SCOTT... FRANKLIN AND SHELBY COUNTIES. BESIDES THE STRONG WINDS THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT TWO OR THREE HOURS INCLUDING METRO LOUISVILLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
INZ076>078-084-090>092-KYZ025-028>030-038-045>047-053>055-065>067- 201110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 615 AM EDT MON JUL 20 1998 DOPPLER RADAR AT LOUISVILLE CONTINUES TO INDICATE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA SOUTHWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME TREE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY IN SCOTT... FRANKLIN AND SHELBY COUNTIES. BESIDES THE STRONG WINDS THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT TWO OR THREE HOURS INCLUDING METRO LOUISVILLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 6:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 115 min |
| Jul 20, 6:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 115 min |
| Jul 20, 7:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 2 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.