Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2004, 5:09 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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
- May 19, 2004, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 192111
FFWLMK
KYC111-192200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
509 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 506 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER HIGHVIEW...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ANCHORAGE...FERN CREEK...
JEFFERSONTOWN...LYNDON...MIDDLETOWN...PROSPECT AND ST. MATTHEWS
REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.
LAT...LON 3829 8569 3808 8562 3813 8556 3815 8544
3827 8543 3833 8555 3837 8564 3832 8566
$$
DK2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLMK 192143 FFSLMK KYC111-192200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 538 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 530 PM EDT...JEFFERSON COUNTY POLICE REPORTED HIGH FAST FLOWING WATER AND DOWNED POWER LINES HAD STOPPED TRAFFIC AT 10510 LAGRANGE ROAD IN FRONT OF CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL. THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED. HEAVY RAINS HAD ENDED BUT LIGHTER RAINS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM AT WHICH TIME CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. $$ DK
000 WGUS73 KLMK 192209 FFSLMK KYC111-192230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 605 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED... RAIN HAD ENDED AND WATER RECEDED OVER PARTS OF LAGRANGE ROAD. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 19, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 34 min |
| May 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 2 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.