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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

May 24, 20005 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2000, 7:33 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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 24, 2000, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3627 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 250036
FFWLMK
KYC003-009-141-213-227-250330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
733 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP
  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH MORE HEAVY RAINFALL
  ON THE WAY.

* THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE
  WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMlENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren29 min
May 24, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKWarren32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.