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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

May 19, 20059 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2005, 9:50 PM EDT for 9 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
May 19, 2005, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2005, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boyle County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Washington County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2005-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 608 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 2005-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
537 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 200152
FFWLMK
KYC021-079-123-137-151-155-167-179-229-200500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
950 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT (1200 AM CDT)

* SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 
WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  STANFORD...RICHMOND...LEBANON...LANCASTER...HODGENVILLE...
  HARRODSBURG...DANVILLE AND BARDSTOWN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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 3729 8469 3757 8491 3746 8524 3750 8582
      3797 8549 3794 8541 3795 8518 3787 8511
      3789 8479 3773 8459 3783 8446 3780 8409
      3758 8411 3754 8436 3744 8448 3735 8451
      3737 8455 3727 8470

$$
CS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KLMK 200456
FFSLMK
KYC021-079-123-137-151-155-167-179-229-200505-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1257 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING 
CENTRAL KENTUCKY COUNTIES AS OF 1 AM EDT...

  BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY


$$
CS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 8:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin93 min
May 19, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas30 min
May 19, 8:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Franklin and 10 more119 min
May 19, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette25 min
May 19, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark40 min
May 19, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan63 min
May 19, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison44 min
May 19, 9:18 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLogan49 min
May 19, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge40 min
May 19, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson49 min
May 19, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue47 min
May 19, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Simpson64 min
May 19, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion46 min
May 19, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson and 4 more2 hr
May 19, 10:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble116 min
May 20, 12:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hart2 hr
May 20, 1:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe84 min
May 20, 2:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWarren2 hr
May 20, 2:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart3 hr
May 20, 4:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWarren3 hr
May 20, 5:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.