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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

July 22, 2001Harrison County, Scott County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2001, 8:24 AM EDT for Harrison County, Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2001, 8:24 AM EDT (12:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2001, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Harrison County, KY, Scott County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2001-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 881 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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 221225
FFWLMK
KYC097-209-221330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
824 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 819 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER SADIEVILLE...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OXFORD...LEESBURG...
  GEORGETOWN...DAVIS...CYNTHIANA...CONNERSVILLE...BRECKINRIDGE AND
  BERRY

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.

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

LAT...LON 3855 8438 3848 8471 3816 8463 3836 8424

JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 1:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon45 min
Jul 22, 9:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison, Scott62 min
Jul 22, 10:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison, Scott2 hr
Jul 22, 5:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson83 min
Jul 22, 6:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson65 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.