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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Louisville, KY

December 19, 2002Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana; 7 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 19, 2002, 4:00 PM EST for Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana; 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 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
Dec 19, 2002, 4:00 PM EST (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2002, 10:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Meade County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Trimble County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 12:00Z on 2002-12-19Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 432 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
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
432 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 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 192100
FFWSDF
INC019-043-061-KYC027-091-103-111-163-185-223-200300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
355 PM EST THU DEC 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
    THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE
  MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  TRIMBLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EST(900 PM CST)

* AT 352 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 
HEAVY   RAIN OCCURRING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN 
MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CORYDON...JEFFERSONVILLE...
  NEW ALBANY...ANCHORAGE...BEDFORD...BRANDENBURG...FERN CREEK...
  HARDINSBURG...HAWESVILLE...JEFFERSONTOWN...LA GRANGE...
  NEW CASTLE...PROSPECT...SHIVELY...AND ST. MATTHEWS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSESS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

SOME CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE ALREADY OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

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

$$

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 3:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio117 min
Dec 19, 4:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 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.