Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2003, 1:36 PM EDT for Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 10, 2003, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2003, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henry County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLMK 101738 FFWLMK KYC103-102000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 136 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 133 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE RAINFALL MOVING OVER HENRY COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH 2 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR. AREAS AROUND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING FALLEN TIMBER CREEK, HAVE SEEN UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 1230 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3846 8531 3833 8515 3837 8495 3859 8512 $$ SMALLCOMB
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLMK 101819 FFSLMK KYC103-102000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 220 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 4 PM EDT FOR HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 220 PM EDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS ARE GRADUALLY EXITING HENRY COUNTY TO THE SOUTHEAST. EARLIER, 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN ABOUT ONE HOURS TIME, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF HENRY COUNTY NEAR FALLEN TIMBER CREEK AND EMILY RUN. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXITING THE COUNTY, SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF IS LIKELY ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM. DO NOT CROSS ANY AREAS THAT APPEAR FLOODED, AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING IMPACT YOUR AREA. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. $$ SMALLCOMB
000 WGUS73 KLMK 101841 FFSLMK KYC103-223-102000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 241 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FOR TRIMBLE AND HENRY COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS HENRY AND TRIMBLE COUNTIES HAVE RANGED FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES, MOST OF WHICH FELL WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME MINOR RUNOFF OCCURRING, HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS, HOWEVER SOME LOW SPOTS AND SMALL CREEKS MAY STILL CONTAIN WATER. DO NOT CROSS AREAS THAT APPEAR FLOODED. $$ SMALLCOMB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 33 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.