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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

August 10, 2000Hardin County, Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2000, 3:30 AM EDT for Hardin County, Larue 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
Aug 10, 2000, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, KY, Larue County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3405 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 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3405 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 100734
FFWLMK
KYC093-123-101000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT

* AT 330 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER PARTS OF HARDIN AND LARUE COUNTIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR EXIMATES NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THIS
AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT EDT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 INCH IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TONNIEVILLE...
  STEPHENSBURG...RINEYVILLE...LYONS...HODGENVILLE...GLENDALE...
  ELIZABETHTOWN...EASTVIEW...COLESBURG...CECILIA AND BUFFALO

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSESS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE
WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

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

R&NK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison43 min
Aug 9, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble44 min
Aug 9, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott48 min
Aug 9, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas43 min
Aug 9, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry35 min
Aug 9, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Woodford31 min
Aug 9, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette36 min
Aug 9, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby41 min
Aug 9, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer34 min
Aug 9, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt28 min
Aug 9, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade48 min
Aug 9, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson62 min
Aug 10, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Ohio42 min
Aug 10, 12:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington33 min
Aug 10, 12:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin28 min
Aug 10, 2:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe35 min
Aug 10, 4:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Metcalfe26 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.