Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Sep 2, 2003, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 2, 2003, 2:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Green County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KLMK 021601
FFWLMK
KYC087-217-021900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1200 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT (200 PM CDT)

* AT 1057 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
  RAIN OVER PIERCE...OR ABOUT 47 MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CAMPBELLSVILLE AND GREENSBURG

RAINFALL SINCE 9 AM EDT HAS BEEN AROUND 3 INCHES IN NORTHERN GREEN 
AND NORTHWEST TAYLOR COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 
WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR WITH ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

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 3734 8569 3713 8565 3719 8536 3743 8512
          3746 8550

$$

JB

000 
WGUS73 KLMK 021749
FFSLMK
KYC087-217-021915-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1248 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM CDT (300 PM EDT) FOR 
TAYLOR AND GREEN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT NOON CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN TAYLOR COUNTY REPORTED THE 
FOLLOWING ROADS AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING...MOUNT GILBOA ROAD 
POSSIBLY WASHED OUT WITH WATER COVERING THE ROAD...TAYLORS CHAPEL 
ROAD CLOSED WITH OVERFLOWING WATER AND MUD...PALESTINE ROAD WATER 
COVERED AND MOUNT CARMEL ROAD WATER COVERED. 

NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM GREEN COUNTY. 

ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA...ANOTHER BATCH OF 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOULD REACH THE AREA AFTER 2 PM POSSIBLY 
AGGRAVATING CURRENT FLOODING CONDITIONS. 

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.

REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL 
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

$$

JB

000 
WGUS73 KLMK 021845
FFSLMK
KYC087-217-021915-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
244 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT (200 
PM CDT) FOR TAYLOR AND GREEN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED...

THE FLOODING HAS RECEDED IN TAYLOR COUNTY AND NO FLOODING PROBLEMS 
WERE REPORTED IN GREEN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 
WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA AFTER 3 PM EDT.

$$

JB

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.