Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Jul 22, 2001, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)

Expired

Jul 22, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Jefferson County, KY

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KLMK 222211
FFWSDF

INC019-043-KYC111-222315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE
  SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR
WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY.

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 605 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       
  HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED
  THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER
  INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE.  


* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VALLEY STATION...
  JEFFERSONVILLE...HAMBURG...FLOYDS KNOBS...EDWARDSVILLE...          
  CLARKSVILLE...BENNETTSVILLE AND LOUISVILLE.

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.

STUREY/JA

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
245 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WEAK SURFACE
CONVERGENCE ZONE TODAY. THE SATURATED ATMOSPHERE IS HELPING TO
PRODUCE SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS NOTED THIS MORNING ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

WE EXPECT THE STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING BY MIDNIGHT.

NEW MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES THE TREND TO NUDGE THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE FURTHER INTO KENTUCKY MONDAY. THIS MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO INHIBIT
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE.

WE WILL REINTRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND KEEP THEM IN THE
FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTED WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 AND
LOWS IN THE LOW AND MID 70S.

.SDF...NONE
JA

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
448 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001

EIGHT HOMES FLOODED. OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED AT
LEES LICK

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATIOkN..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0913 AM    LEES LICK                 KY   FLOOD
07/22/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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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.