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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 2003Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2003, 10:12 PM EDT for Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 93 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, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2003, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oldham County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2003-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 150213
FFWLMK
KYC185-150345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1012 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1005 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER PEWEE VALLEY AND CRESTWOOD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LA GRANGE

WATER WAS OVER ROADWAYS. ASH AVENUE IN PEWEE VALLEY WAS COVERED WITH 
WATER AND OLDHAM COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THE ROAD CLOSED. MORE 
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN OLDHAM COUNTY AGGRAVATING 
THE FLOODING.

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 3834 8555 3827 8542 3831 8534 3835 8529
          3842 8534

$$

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 4:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKScott83 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.