Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 9:25 PM EDT for Marion County, Washington County, 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2003, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2003, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Marion County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLMK 180125
FFWLMK
KYC155-229-180415-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
925 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 920 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
RAINS OVER WASHINGTON AND MADISON COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEBANON AND SPRINGFIELD
AT 920 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS UNDERWATER IN
BOTH WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES. WATER WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO
INUNDATE SOME HOMES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM
WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
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.
LAT...LON 3747 8535 3759 8550 3788 8519 3788 8500
3766 8503
$$
JARVIS2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLMK 180300 FFSLMK KYC155-229-180415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1100 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT... AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO AND HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. AT 1055 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THREE MOBILE HOMES WERE WASHED AWAY INTO A NEARBY CREEK...NEAR LORETTO. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTED THAT A BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT AT WIMSATT ROAD. LOCAL OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED THAT WATER CONTINUES TO RUN HIGH IN MARION COUNTY AND IS BEGINNING TO SLOWLY RECEDE. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT SAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...AND THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. $$ JARVIS
000 WGUS73 KLMK 180412 FFSLMK KYC155-229-180430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1215 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. A FEW LOW SPOTS MAY STILL HAVE STANDING WATER AND SOME CREEKS AND STREAM MAY STILL BE NEAR BANKFULL. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY WATER OVER ROADS OF LOW SPOTS TO NOT DRIVE THOUGHT THE AREA. $$ JA
Nearby
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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.