Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 2003, 4:24 PM EST for Madison County, 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
- Nov 12, 2003, 4:24 PM EST (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2003, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 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 122127 FFWLMK KYC151-122330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 424 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 630 PM EST * AT 425 PM EST...CITY POLICE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER IN RICHMOND WHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. 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 3776 8453 3752 8436 3759 8413 3787 8413 $$ JA
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLMK 122222 FFSLMK KYC151-122330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 518 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 520 PM EST WATER CONTINUED TO COVER SOME ROADS IN RICHMOND AND MADISON COUNTY. THE WATER WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVES AWAY FORM THE COUNTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ JA
000 WGUS73 KLMK 122331 FFSLMK KYC151-122340- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 630 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE RAIN HAS ENDED AND THE WATER HAS RECEDED FROM MOST ROADS AND UNDERPASSES. IF WATER IS STILL COVERING A ROADS DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH IT. AT NIGHT IT IS TOO DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER LEVEL. $$ JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 42 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.