Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Sep 2, 2003, 4:41 PM EST (21:41 UTC)

Expired

Sep 2, 2003, 5:45 PM EST

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, IN

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000 
WGUS53 KLMK 022145
FFWLMK
INC077-022345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 440 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT HOUR OR SO... 
WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO LIKELY. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD 
TO SOME FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A COUPLE OF SMALL CREEKS OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS...WATER STARTING TO COVER COUNTY ROADS...AND SOME ROADS IN THE 
CITY OF MADISON DOWN TO ONE LANE BECAUSE OF WATER FLOW.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MADISON

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 FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3887 8532 3874 8523 3873 8545 3869 8545
          3866 8550 3870 8559 3882 8566 3892 8548

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STUREY

000 
WGUS73 KLMK 022257
FFSLMK
INC077-022345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
555 PM EST TUE SEP 2 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 555 PM EST...TORRENTIAL RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF 
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 
MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AROUND THE COUNTY...AND THEY ARE URGING IF YOU 
MUST TRAVEL TO USE EXTREME CAUTION.

TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF 
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 645 PM EST.

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 FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

$$

STUREY

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 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.