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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Louisville, KY

July 13, 2002Casey County, Marion County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2002, 4:08 AM EDT for Casey County, Marion County, Kentucky. It was in force for 82 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
Jul 13, 2002, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2002, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Casey County, KY, Marion County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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 130808
FFWSDF
KYC045-155-130930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
405 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 400 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY RAIN
  OVER THE NORTH HALF OF CASEY COUNTY AND EASTERN MARION COUNTY.
  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN...
  WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS...HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED
  AREA. ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 5 AM...WHICH    
  SHOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JACKTOWN AND BRADFORDSVILLE.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 4:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.