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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS SDF

February 18, 20005 counties in Kentucky

NWS SDF issued this flash flood warning at Feb 18, 2000, 6:30 PM EST 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
Feb 18, 2000, 6:30 PM EST (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2000, 9:30 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS SDF
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 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 
TTAA00 KSDF 182331
FFWSDF
KYC005-017-067-181-239-190230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
630 PM EST FRI FEB 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 630 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM JUST NORTH OF
  LAWRENCEBURG TO JUST NORTH OF CARLISLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
  THE EVENING ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. RAINFALL BETWEEN
  ONE AND THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL LEAD TO
  WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING.

DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES.

.END/STUREY

The office that day

Everything else NWS SDF issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 12:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFHenry, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble4 hr
Feb 18, 2:49 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFFranklin, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Feb 18, 4:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFHenry, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble4 hr
Feb 18, 5:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFFranklin, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Feb 18, 5:44 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFBullitt, Spencer3 hr

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.