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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 2003Franklin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2003, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 562 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 142106
FFWLMK
KYC073-142200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 459 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO         
  INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF FRANKLIN        
  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING         
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE GREATEST FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE         
  NEAR PEAKS MILL IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY.  

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 3835 8496 3823 8501 3825 8475 3834 8476

$$
KIRKPATRICK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison88 min
Jun 14, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin60 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.