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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

May 8, 20034 counties in Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-09Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade56 min
May 8, 8:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge46 min
May 8, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade47 min
May 8, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin28 min
May 8, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison37 min
May 9, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry36 min
May 9, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham34 min
May 9, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby43 min
May 9, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott44 min
May 9, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin34 min
May 9, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson43 min
May 9, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon38 min
May 9, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford39 min
May 9, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette47 min
May 9, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson30 min
May 9, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer50 min
May 9, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark43 min
May 9, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson17 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.