Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

May 13, 2002, 12:00 AM EDT (04:00 UTC)

Expired

May 13, 2002, 3:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Meade County, KY

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KLMK 130400
FFWSDF
INC061-123-KYC163-130700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1155 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY AND PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT(200 AM EST)

* AT 1152 PM EDT(1052 PM CDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRANDENBURG AND TELL CITY. 

* RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN     
  OVER THE LAST 1 1/2 HOURS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO   
  CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

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.

$$
DENMAN

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 12, 3:10 PM EDT, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SUBTLE S/W  (WHICH MODELS PICK-UP) FM NRN
IND BACK INTO SE MO AT MID AFTN. THAT S/W WILL SETTLE NEAR THE OHIO
RVR LATE THIS AFTN EVNG. BELEIVE IF WE GET ANY SVR...IT WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE...AS TSTMS DVLP IN THE LWR MO VLY...
AND RACE E-NE THRU THE MID OH VLY... OUT AHEAD OF SAID S/W FEATURE.
THIS FAST MVMT IN RESPONSE TO DECENT MID LVL FLOW OF 50 KNOTS PLUS.
HOWEVER... AFT THIS EVNG WNDS DECREASE ALNG WITH SVR THREAT.

OTHERWISE...STG S/W COMING OUT OF CO WILL HELP BACK MEAN FLOW LTR
TNGT. STG ANTICYCLONIC JET (RIGHT ENTRANCE RGN) WILL COME INTO
PLAY TO ENHANCE LFTG ACRS OH VLY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.50
INCHES OR GREATER IN PLACE...ALNG WITH TRAINING POSSIBILITY. STILL
THINK HVY RAIN A GOOD POSSIBLITY...BUT EXACT LATITUDINAL PLACEMENT
IN QUESTION. SOMEWHAT BACKED FLOW AND WAVE RIDING UP FNT SUGGESTS
HEAVIEST QPF IN AXIS FM S-CNTRL INTO E-CNTRL KY THRU MONDAY MRNG.
BEST FCST TO KEEP FFA GOING ALL OF RGN TNGT AND MONDAY MRNG.

UPR SYS WILL KEEP CHUGGING RIGHT ALNG MONDAY...SO RAIN WILL END FM
WEST TO EAST...FM LATE MRNG THRU THE AFTN HOURS.

BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW MONDAY NIGHT TUE...SO ONLY A PARTIAL EROSION OF
CLDS. UPR TROF SETTLES ACRS THE GREAT LAKES ON TUE...WHILE A SPOKE
OF ENERGY ROTATES INTO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. WE WILL KEEP OUR
ERN ZONES DRY TUE...AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK TOMORROW.

HAVE SIDED WITH A BIT FASTER MOVEMENT OF FNT TNGT...CLOSER TO AVN
AND ETA...CONSEQUENTLY WE ARE UNDER NGM MOS MINS TNGT AND ALSO
COOLER ON MONDAY WITH CLDS/PCPN AND CAA.

ALL GUIDE NUMBERS THEN CONVERGE MON NITE...TUE.

.SDF...FLOOD WATCH ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

STUREY

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