Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2003, 12:22 AM EDT for Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2003, 12:22 AM EDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2003, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henry County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLMK 300426 FFWLMK KYC103-300545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1222 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 145 AM EDT * AT 1221 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. UP TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY THROUGH 130 AM EDT. 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3847 8532 3837 8528 3835 8499 3848 8501 $$ JSD
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KLMK 300517 FFSLMK KYC103-300545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 112 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 1230 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG HILLSBORO ROAD 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW CASTLE. REPORTEDLY...A CAR WAS WASHED INTO AN ADJACENT STREAM...AND 2 T0 3 FEET OF WATER COVERED THE ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. $$ JSD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry | 100 min |
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.