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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY

July 5, 2004Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2004, 2:35 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 85 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
Jul 5, 2004, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Logan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2004-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2320 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2004-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 051936
FFWLMK
KYC141-052100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
235 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 230 PM CDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINS 
HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF LOGAN COUNTY SINCE 1 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HAVE FALLEN.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SPA...SOUTH UNION...OLMSTEAD...LEWISBURG...EPLEYS STATION...DOT...
  CORINTH...AUBURN AND ADAIRVILLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3706 8706 3706 8697 3707 8696 3701 8670
      3700 8668 3689 8663 3686 8670 3678 8675
      3666 8677 3665 8706

$$
XXV
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KLMK 052054
FFSLMK
KYC141-052110-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
354 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LOGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.

LAT...LON 3706 8706 3706 8697 3707 8696 3701 8670
      3700 8668 3689 8663 3686 8670 3678 8675
      3666 8677 3665 8706

$$
XXV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt35 min
Jul 4, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer37 min
Jul 5, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio56 min
Jul 5, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio61 min
Jul 5, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler45 min
Jul 5, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan44 min
Jul 5, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge42 min
Jul 5, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson45 min
Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade40 min
Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt49 min
Jul 5, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren45 min
Jul 5, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson41 min
Jul 5, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKWarren37 min
Jul 5, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin44 min
Jul 5, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen30 min
Jul 5, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson46 min
Jul 5, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart34 min
Jul 5, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson44 min
Jul 5, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren42 min
Jul 5, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe54 min
Jul 5, 2:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen95 min
Jul 5, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor43 min
Jul 5, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington40 min
Jul 5, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham36 min
Jul 5, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMonroe33 min
Jul 5, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe44 min
Jul 5, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby38 min
Jul 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland50 min
Jul 5, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair26 min
Jul 5, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin35 min
Jul 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer36 min
Jul 5, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey43 min
Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCumberland85 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford29 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell33 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine43 min
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln45 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.