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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

January 24, 2002Jefferson County, Kentucky; Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2002, 3:33 AM EST for Jefferson County, Kentucky; Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 87 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
Jan 24, 2002, 3:33 AM EST (08:33 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 5:00 AM EST
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 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 240833
FFWSDF
INC043-061-KYC111-241000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
315 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
* UNTIL 500 AM EST

* AT 315 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY      
  RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES WITH FLASH        
  FLOODING CONTINUING. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL BY 5 AM        
  LEAVING RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 

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

$$
KIRKPATRICK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 11:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio40 min
Jan 24, 12:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Jefferson, Meade, Ohio, Oldham and 2 more3 hr
Jan 24, 12:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott11 min
Jan 24, 2:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Ohio34 min
Jan 24, 2:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson17 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2002Flash 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.