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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

July 25, 2001Scott County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2001, 11:30 PM EDT for Scott 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2001, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2001, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Scott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2001-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1170 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 260334
FFWLMK
KYC209-260530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1130 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1125 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER STAMPING GROUND...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN CAN
  BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH SCOTT COUNTY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SADIEVILLE...OXFORD...
  NEWTOWN AND GEORGETOWN

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE
WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

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 3834 8475 3816 8465 3822 8443 3848 8456

STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Russell87 min
Jul 25, 10:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas117 min
Jul 26, 12:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon75 min
Jul 26, 1:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHancock, Ohio96 min
Jul 26, 3:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio80 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.