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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

March 20, 20026 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 20, 2002, 8:00 AM EST for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
Mar 20, 2002, 8:00 AM EST (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2002, 10:45 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyle County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Larue County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2002-03-20Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -102 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 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 201300
FFWSDF
KYC021-079-123-155-167-229-201545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
800 AM EST WED MAR 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 750 AM EST...FLOODING CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
  MORNING...WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS HIGHLY
  LIKELY THROUGH 1045 AM EST.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DANVILLE...HARRODSBURG...
  HODGENVILLE...LANCASTER...LEBANON AND SPRINGFIELD

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

$$
STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 3:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKButler, Grayson3 hr
Mar 20, 6:04 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Larue, Marion, Mercer, Washington116 min
Mar 20, 6:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson3 hr
Mar 20, 7:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor3 hr
Mar 20, 7:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Jessamine3 hr
Mar 20, 7:27 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Jessamine3 hr
Mar 20, 7:39 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison, Nicholas, Scott3 hr
Mar 20, 7:41 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Madison3 hr
Mar 20, 9:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKEdmonson, Hart104 min
Mar 20, 10:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor3 hr
Mar 20, 10:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Jessamine116 min
Mar 20, 10:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Larue, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas80 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.