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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS SDF

February 18, 20009 counties in Kentucky

NWS SDF issued this flash flood warning at Feb 18, 2000, 8:46 PM EST for 9 counties in 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
Feb 18, 2000, 8:46 PM EST (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2000, 11:00 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS SDF
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-02-19Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 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 190147
FFWSDF
KYC029-097-103-111-185-209-211-215-223-190400-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  TRIMBLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1100 PM EST

* THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...HOWEVER
  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS STILL ONGOING...AND SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN
  COVERED WITH WATER OR ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN
  ADDITION...SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE STILL OUT OF THEIR
  BANKS. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WITHx NO ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

.END/VLD

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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.