Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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
$$
SCHOLZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 3 days |
| Mar 4, 11:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 11:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 22 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 3 days |
| Mar 4, 12:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 5 days |
| Mar 4, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 30 min |
| Mar 4, 1:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 4, 2:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Madison | 28 min |
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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.