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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

June 27, 2001Butler County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT for Butler County, Kentucky. It was in force for 90 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2001-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2001-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 272302
FFWLMK
KYC031-280030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
600 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN AND CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS
  AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH HILL...OR ABOUT
  23 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING...WITH ONLY A SLOW DRIFT TO THE
  NORTHEAST.

  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALREADY ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN BULTER COUNTY
  SINCE MID AFTERNOON. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
  EARLY THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN
  SPOTS.

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 FORE[CAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan43 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler31 min

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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.