Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2003, 10:49 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- May 8, 2003, 10:49 PM EDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2003, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Madison County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLMK 090254 FFWLMK KYC049-067-113-151-090500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1049 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 100 AM EDT * AT 1047 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER ALL OF THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHS IN ONE HOUR ARE LIKELY...WITH STORM TOTALS UP TO 3 OR 4 INCHES IN SPOTS...THROUGH 1 AM EDT. THE TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NICHOLASVILLE...RICHMOND AND WINCHESTER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. LAT...LON 3810 8466 3777 8460 3757 8412 3810 8408 $$ STUREY
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLMK 090404 FFSLMK KYC049-067-113-151-090500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1159 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR FAYETTE...JESSAMINE AND MADISON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLARK COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM JESSAMINE... MADISON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES...IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WAS COMMON LATE THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED...HOWEVER WATER LEVELS STILL REMAIN ELEVATED. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1 AM EDT. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADS...AS THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE GREATER THAN YOU THINK. $$ STUREY
000 WGUS73 KLMK 090502 FFSLMK KYC067-113-151-090515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 100 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR FAYETTE...JESSAMINE AND MADISON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNING AREA...AND NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PREDAWN HOURS...WHICH COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. $$ STUREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 56 min |
| May 8, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 46 min |
| May 8, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 47 min |
| May 8, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 28 min |
| May 8, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 37 min |
| May 9, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 36 min |
| May 9, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 34 min |
| May 9, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 43 min |
| May 9, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 44 min |
| May 9, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 38 min |
| May 9, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Woodford | 39 min |
| May 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 47 min |
| May 9, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 50 min |
| May 9, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 43 min |
| May 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 17 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.