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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

April 4, 200812 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2008, 12:22 AM EDT for 12 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2008, 12:22 AM EDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Scott County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 4, 4:06 AM EDT	FLOOD	Lexington, KY	NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN FAYETTE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING. ROADS INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN RD NEAR BEREA AND IRON WORKS. ALEXANDRIA ROAD BETWEEN OLD FRANKFORT AND TRAIL BROOK. PARTS OF BAUGHMANS MILL ROAD ARE IMPASSABLE. BRIAR HILL AT BRYAN STATION ROAD. PARKERS MILL
Apr 4, 4:33 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Frankfort, KY	15 TO 20 ROADWAYS UNDERWATER IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. CARS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED IN SOME HIGH WATER. ONE WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS AS MOTORIST DROVE INTO HIGH WATER.
Apr 4, 4:46 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Winchester, KY	SUCESSFUL HIGH WATER RESCUE IN WINCHSTER. A WOMAN WAS PULLED FROM A STRANDED CAR. REPORT BY WKYT-TV.
Apr 4, 5:07 AM EDT	FLOOD	2 N Lexington, KY	NEWTOWN PIKE IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. REPORT BY WKYT-TV.
Apr 4, 5:07 AM EDT	FLOOD	Lexington, KY	PARTS OF NEW CIRCLE ROAD ARE CLOSED AROUND METRO LEXINGTON DUE TO FLOODING. REPORTED BY WKYT-TV IN LEXINGTON.
Apr 4, 5:07 AM EDT	FLOOD	Paris, KY	WATER RESCUE REPORTED UNDERWAY IN PARIS. REPORTED BY WKYT-TV IN LEXINGTON.
Apr 4, 5:07 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Frankfort, KY	FRANKFORT POLICE DEPT REPORT HIGH WATER OVER MANY ROADS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE DEVILS HOLLOW BRIDGE RD...WILKINSON BLVD...300 AND 400 BLOCKS OF HOLMES STREET...CALDWELL LANE...1100 BLOCK OF EVERGREEN ROAD....INTERSECTION OF U.S. 421 AND HAR
Apr 4, 5:57 AM EDT	FLOOD	Paris, KY	WATER RESCUE REPORTED UNDERWAY IN PARIS. REPORTED BY WKYT-TV IN LEXINGTON.
Apr 4, 5:58 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Frankfort, KY	FRANKFORT POLICE DEPT REPORT HIGH WATER OVER MANY ROADS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE DEVILS HOLLOW BRIDGE RD...WILKINSON BLVD...300 AND 400 BLOCKS OF HOLMES STREET...CALDWELL LANE...1100 BLOCK OF EVERGREEN ROAD....INTERSECTION OF U.S. 421 AND HAR
Apr 4, 6:25 AM EDT	FLOOD	Cynthiana, KY	NUMEROUS LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED. BARRICADES BEING PUT UP CURRENTLY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KLMK 040428
FFWLMK
KYC005-017-049-067-073-097-113-167-181-209-229-239-041015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0021.080404T0422Z-080404T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1222 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 615 AM EDT

* AT 1217 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND MOVING INTO THE WARNED   
  AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARIS...   
  GEORGETOWN...FRANKFORT...CYNTHIANA...CARLISLE AND LEXINGTON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA...WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH AN HOUR. 

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3812 8407 3795 8397 3785 8403 3791 8428
      3775 8457 3784 8471 3772 8472 3764 8505
      3768 8538 3785 8527 3789 8516 3799 8518
      3815 8502 3833 8497 3835 8475 3857 8441
      3858 8421 3849 8416 3844 8395 3833 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 180DEG 0KT 3806 8462

$$

DK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KLMK 040712
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

KYC005-017-049-067-073-097-113-167-181-209-229-239-041015-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080404T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON KY-SCOTT KY-NICHOLAS KY-FRANKLIN KY-BOURBON KY-FAYETTE 
KY-WOODFORD KY-ANDERSON KY-CLARK KY-JESSAMINE KY-MERCER 
KY-WASHINGTON KY-300 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR
WASHINGTON...MERCER...JESSAMINE...CLARK...ANDERSON...WOODFORD...
FAYETTE...BOURBON...FRANKLIN...NICHOLAS...SCOTT AND HARRISON
COUNTIES...

THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION. FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE 
WIDESPREAD TOWARD SUNRISE. 

AT 300 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
PARIS...GEORGETOWN...FRANKFORT...CYNTHIANA...CARLISLE AND LEXINGTON. 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE AREA AND 
ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL THROUGH SUNRISE. 

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3812 8407 3795 8397 3785 8403 3793 8428
      3775 8457 3784 8471 3772 8472 3765 8515
      3768 8538 3785 8527 3789 8516 3799 8518
      3809 8506 3833 8497 3835 8475 3857 8441
      3858 8421 3849 8416 3843 8394 3833 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 180DEG 0KT 3806 8462

$$

KIRKPATRICK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 11:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson and 4 more	30 min
Apr 3, 11:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 4, 12:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Ohio	6 hr
Apr 4, 2:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 4, 4:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor	35 min
Apr 4, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	8 hr
Apr 4, 11:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt	12 hr
Apr 4, 11:30 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	20 hr
Apr 4, 11:30 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	11 hr
Apr 4, 11:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	71 hr
Apr 4, 11:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	5 days

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.