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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

March 4, 2008Anderson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 2008, 2:58 PM EST for Anderson 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2008, 2:58 PM EST (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Anderson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 12:00Z on 2008-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2008-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
568 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 042000
FFWLMK
KYC005-042300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0013.080304T1958Z-080304T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
258 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 254 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 
ON SEVERAL ROADS...MAINLY WEST AND SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. MODERATE 
TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 4 
PM AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.


* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LAWRENCEBURG

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3794 8498 3789 8501 3789 8511 3787 8512
      3791 8513 3788 8515 3789 8516 3800 8517
      3812 8504 3810 8493 3811 8488 3809 8484
      3796 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 180DEG 0KT 3800 8501

$$

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 4:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKOhio3 days
Mar 4, 11:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin34 min
Mar 4, 11:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKBourbon22 hr
Mar 4, 12:04 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren3 days
Mar 4, 12:04 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio5 days
Mar 4, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Marion, Taylor30 min
Mar 4, 1:18 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 20 more5 hr
Mar 4, 2:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison37 min
Mar 4, 2:31 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott3 hr
Mar 4, 2:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble3 hr
Mar 4, 2:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Madison28 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.