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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS SDF

January 3, 2000Jefferson County, Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS SDF issued this flash flood warning at Jan 3, 2000, 7:29 PM EST for Jefferson County, Oldham 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
Jan 3, 2000, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 9:30 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS SDF
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2000-01-04Temperature 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 2000-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 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 040032
FFWSDF
KYC111-185-040230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
729 PM EST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 730 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER JEFFERSON AND OLDHAM
  COUNTIES... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS JEFFERSON AND OLDHAM
  COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. TORRENTIAL RAIN OF UP
  TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS NEW RAINFALL WILL
  LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AROUND THE REGION.

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

.END/STUREY/FUNK

The office that day

Everything else NWS SDF issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 7:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFBreckinridge, Meade115 min
Jan 3, 8:04 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFBullitt, Hardin116 min
Jan 3, 9:14 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFShelby, Spencer106 min
Jan 3, 9:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningSDFBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Oldham2 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.