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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

January 15, 2007Trimble County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 15, 2007, 10:44 AM EST for Trimble County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2007, 10:44 AM EST (15:44 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2007, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Trimble County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 476 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 571 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 151545
FFWLMK
KYC223-151845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1044 AM EST MON JAN 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TRIMBLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 145 PM EST

* AT 1040 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
  COVERING STATE ROAD 1335 AT A DEPTH OF AROUND 2 FEET.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILTON.

WITH GROUNDS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS 
AFTERNOON AS A BAND OF HEAVIER RAINFALL MOVES EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3850 8530 3853 8542 3857 8541 3861 8543
      3872 8545 3874 8542 3873 8535 3874 8534
      3863 8524 3859 8522 3858 8519

$$

MJ

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KLMK 151724
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1224 PM EST MON JAN 15 2007

KYC223-151845-
TRIMBLE KY-
1224 PM EST MON JAN 15 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR
TRIMBLE COUNTY...

AT 1218 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS ACROSS TRIMBLE COUNTY.  DOPPLER 
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 
TWO HOURS.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT STATE ROAD 1335...OR 
CONNECTOR ROAD...HAD TWO FEET OF WATER COVERING IT.

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS TRIMBLE 
COUNTY.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3850 8530 3853 8542 3857 8541 3861 8543
      3872 8545 3874 8542 3873 8535 3874 8534
      3863 8524 3859 8522 3858 8519

$$

MJ

000 
WGUS73 KLMK 151858
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
158 PM EST MON JAN 15 2007

KYC223-152000-
TRIMBLE KY-
158 PM EST MON JAN 15 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TRIMBLE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE...

AT 150 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT PRECIPITATION HAD ENDED ACROSS TRIMBLE COUNTY.  REPORTS FROM 
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT CONNECTOR ROAD IN RURAL TRIMBLE COUNTY 
REMAINED IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  NO OTHER HIGH WATER PROBLEMS 
WERE REPORTED ELSEWHERE IN TRIMBLE COUNTY.

WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN OVER...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 
NOT ANTICIPATED.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR THE 
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  AS A RESULT...AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 
CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH OR AT BANKFULL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3850 8530 3853 8542 3857 8541 3861 8543
      3872 8545 3874 8542 3873 8535 3874 8534
      3863 8524 3859 8522 3858 8519

$$

MJ

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.