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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2008, 10:38 PM EST for Crawford County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 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
- Feb 5, 2008, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 4:45 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, IN, Perry County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 10:58 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Grantsburg, IN | FLOODING ON OTTER CREEK ROAD. |
| Feb 6, 12:28 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Bristow, IN | STATE HIGHWAY 145 WAS FLOODED BETWEEN ST MARKS AND BRISTOW. |
| Feb 6, 12:40 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | English, IN | OTTER CREEK ROAD WAS FLOODED NEAR HIGHWAY 237 SOUTH OF ENGLISH. |
| Feb 6, 1:30 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Birdseye, IN | STATE ROAD 145 CLOSED FROM JUNCTION 145/ST64 TO 145/I64 DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Feb 6, 1:30 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Uniontown, IN | STATE ROAD 145 FROM JUNTION OF 145/ST64 TO 145/I64 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLMK 060346
FFWLMK
INC025-123-060945-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0006.080206T0338Z-080206T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
944 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 345 AM CST WEDNESDAY/445 AM EST WEDNESDAY/
* AT 1044 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITHIN A CLUSTER OF STORMS ACROSS DUBOIS AND SPENCER
COUNTIES...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DUE TO ALL THE HEAVY
RAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS CRAWFORD AND PERRY COUNTIES...THE GROUND IS
SATURATED WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILLTOWN...ENGLISH...TELL CITY...AND SULPHUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 2 INCHES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3791 8666 3791 8672 3799 8681 3824 8678
3825 8669 3839 8670 3841 8627 3823 8626
3817 8633 3819 8639 3818 8639 3816 8637
3816 8635 3815 8636 3812 8647 3794 8653
3785 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 223DEG 116KT 3843 8646
$$
JDGWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Feb 5, 10:30 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 10:30 PM EST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1030 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008
...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION...
.UPDATE...
MAIN STORY IS THE SUPERCELL APPROACHING DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE, TN...BUT
FOR US SQUALL LINE IS APPROACHING RAPIDLY AND IS IN DUBOIS COUNTY.
LATEST FT KNOX VWP HAS ABOUT 20 DEGREES OF BACKING AS UPPER JET
TRAVERSES EASTWARD. LIS ARE STILL -2 TO -3...AND WIND FIELDS ARE IN
THE EXTREME CATEGORY. MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS
LINE...BUT WE ARE WATCHING CELL MERGERS WITH WAA PRECIP MOVING ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE WHICH COULD ACCENT THE TOR THREAT.
MEANWHILE...ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS IN DUBOIS COUNTY ARE WET...AND IT
WONT TAKE MUCH MORE TO FLOOD. WE EXPECT 1 TO 1 AND ONE HALF INCHES
OF RAIN OVER NEXT SEVER HOURS. WE ISSUED FFWS FOR DUBOIS AND ORANGE
COUNTIES WITH LEWP MOVING EAST.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 926 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008/
FOR US AN IMPRESSIVE TORNADIC SUPERCELL JUST PAST OHIO COUNTY SEAT
OF HARTFORD WHERE SIRENS ARE BLOWING. NO REPORTS YET OF ANY DAMAGE
IN OHIO COUNTY...WITH FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT FROM TRAINED SPOTTER.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WITH IT.
LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO STIFFEN AND WILL BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR
TO HEAVY RAIN OVER SRN INDIAN FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE ARE 3 MORE SUPERCELLS OVER CENTRAL AND
WESTERN TN WILL BE THE OTHER CONCERN AS THEY WORK OFF TO THE NE AT
40 MPH.
INSTABILITY STILL REMAINS MODEST AND WITH 0-3 SRH VALUES ON LATEST
ACARS SOUNDING AT BNA NEAR 800 M2/S2. THE HODOGRAPH FROM THAT
AIRCRAFT IS VERY TWISTY AND ONCE AGAIN FEEL THE PRIMARY TOR THREAT
IS FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF I65.
JDG
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 833 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008/
...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION...
.UPDATE...
ONE TORNADIC SUPERCELL IN NE CHRISTIAN COUNTY HAS 60KTS OF
ROTATIONAL VELOCITY AND WILL BE WESTERN OHIO COUNTY AROUND 02Z. THIS
STORM APPEARS TO BE A CYCLIC AND MAY BE UNDERGOING SPLITTING ON SRN
FLANK OVER LAST VOLUME SCAN WITH 70 DBZ. LATEST 00Z SOUNDINGS ARE
IMPRESSIVE:
OHX JAN
SWEAT 485 477
LIS -5 -5
0 TO 3 SRH 450 M2/S2 440 M2/S2
CAPE 800 J/KG 970
THIS CELL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND FIELDS ARE SLOWLY INCREASING
IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER THRU 850 MB. IN FACTS O00Z SOUNDINGS ALL
HAVE 40-55 KTS AT 850MB WITH SOUNDINGS.
PWS ARE STILL IMPRESSIVE...AND FLOOD THREAT OVER SRN INDIANA IS
BECOMING AN INCREASING RISK.
WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL MESO UPDATES TONIGHT FOR THIS PDS SITUATION
WEST OF I65.
JDG
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 637 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008/
..SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...
AFTERNOON VIS SAT IMAGERY SHOWING BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER ACROSS
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. MORNING CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH RETREATING
WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO MIGRATE NORTHWARD AND AWAY FROM
THE AREA. A FEW AREA OF SCT SHOWERS REMAIN ACROSS KENTUCKY WITH
MORE DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE ACROSS SW TN. QUITE A GRADIENT IN
TEMPERATURES NOTED ACROSS THE REGION WITH READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID
50S NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TO UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.
DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS ACROSS THE REGION SHOWS DESTABILIZATION IN
PROGRESS MAINLY WEST OF I-65 THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINATION OF SFC
TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S HAS YIELDED
SFC LIFTED INDICES OF -2C TO -3C WITH CAPES OF 300-800 J/KG. CAPES
GREATER THAN 1000 J/KG EXISTS WEST OF THE LMK CWA WHERE MORE SUN HAS
HELPED INCREASE INSTABILITY. SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS STARTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN TN AND FAR SW KY. LATEST MODEL DATA SUGGESTS
THAT SCATTERED/DISCRETE CONVECTION WILL LIKELY FIRE ACROSS OUR
WESTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS DEVELOPMENT MAY BE QUICK AS
THE MODELS TEND TO UNDER FORECAST CONVECTION DEVELOPMENT. GIVEN THE
DEEP LAYER SHEAR...SOME SUPERCELLULAR STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH STORMS WITH BOWING SEGMENTS. THUS...ISOLATED
TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
LATE TONIGHT...CONVECTION WELL TO OUR WEST IS FORECAST TO CONGEAL
INTO A LARGE SQUALL LINE THAT WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO
VALLEY. THE MODEL TREND IN THE LAST 24 HOURS HAS BEEN TO SLOW DOWN
THE SYSTEM. IN FACT...EVEN THE LATEST RUC SOLUTIONS ARE A BIT
SLOWER. GIVEN THE DATA RIGHT NOW...LARGE SQUALL LINE SHOULD MOVE
INTO OUR WESTERN AREAS BY LATE EVENING...PERHAPS AROUND 10-11 PM
EST. THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN SDF AND BWG WOULD LIKELY TAKE A HIT
BETWEEN 11-2 AM EST WITH THE FRANKFORT AND LEXINGTON AREAS SEEING
THE ACTION PROBABLY AFTER 3AM EST. MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE WILL
BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE EMBEDDED WITHIN
THE MAIN LINE. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A HEAVY RAIN/FLOOD THREAT
ACROSS OUR INDIANA COUNTIES DUE TO PREVIOUS CONVECTION ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING. WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WILL EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH ACROSS OUR INDIANA
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM WED.
COLD FRONT WILL SURGE EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA BY WED MORNING
FOLLOWED BY A FALL IN TEMPERATURES. SCT SHOWERS CONTINUE TO LOOK
POSSIBLE AS H5 THERMAL TROF MOVES INTO THE REGION. GRADIENT WINDS
WILL BE A BIT ON THE HIGH SIDE IN THE MORNING...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE
IN EXCEEDING WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA IS NOT VERY HIGH...SO PLAN ON
HOLDING OFF ON THAT HEADLINE.
LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
RELATIVELY BENIGN WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE LONG TERM AS MORE COOLER
AIR REMAINS IN PLACE FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW. EVEN SO...TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS FOR
REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK BEFORE A SECOND SURGE ARCTIC AIR MAKES
ITS WAY IN FOR THE WEEKEND WITH A CLIPPER CURRENTLY PROGGED TO HAVE
A BIGGER IMPACT ON THE EAST COAST THAN THE OHIO VALLEY.
AT THIS TIME THE WEEKEND SYSTEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO OFFER MUCH MORE
THAN A DUSTING OF SNOW SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...BUT SOME
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL COULD OCCUR IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. HOWEVER...TOO
FAR OUT AT THIS TIME FOR HIGH CONFIDENCE.
MAX TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL SEE SAW FROM 40S THURSDAY TO LOWER
50S FRIDAY...THEN BACK DOWN TO 30S ON SATURDAY BEFORE RETURNING TO
NEAR 50 BY TUESDAY.
MIN TEMPS BOTTOM OUT IN THE TEENS SUN AND 20S MONDAY...OTHERWISE
MAINLY IN THE 30S.
&&
.AVIATION (00Z TAFS)...
ATMOSPHERE IS DESTABILIZING WITH LI/S -3 TO -4 TO OUR WEST. LINES OF
STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM WESTERN TN NORTH INTO
WESTERN KENTUCKY. STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL BE
IMPACTING BWG AND SDF LATER THIS EVENING. UNTIL THEN CIGS AND VSBYS
WILL REMAIN VFR. EXPECT TSTMS TO MOVE INTO BWG AFT 02Z WITH ISOLATED
SHOWERS POSSIBLE UNTIL THEN. STORMS SHOULD REACH SDF AFTER 04Z THEN
ABOUT 06Z AT LEX. EXPECT GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 KTS OR MORE IN SEVERE
STORMS. A SECOND LINE WILL FOLLOW WITH THE COLD FRONT LATER TONIGHT.
CIGS AND VSBYS IN THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MVFR AND BRIEFLY IN VFR
RANGE. FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WITH CIGS AND VSBYS IMPROVING BACK TO
VFR WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STAY GUSTY DURING THE
DAY BEHIND THE FRONT.
&&
.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ032.
IN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR INZ076>079-
083-084-089>092.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 3:40 PM EST, 6 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-061000- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 340 PM EST (240 PM CST) TUE FEB 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. LATER TONIGHT...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE REGION. ACCOMPANYING THIS FRONT WILL BE A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT SHOULD ENTER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AFTER 10 PM EST. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCAL FLOODING ISSUES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. COLDER AIR RETURNS FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS WILL BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MJ/JBS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 5, 4:45 PM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 445 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-060700- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 445 PM EST (345 PM CST) TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH- CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD RESULT IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO SUPERCELLS AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...A FEW TORNADOES AND SOME SMALL HAIL. A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS LATER TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHEN A SEPARATE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. THIS LINE WILL ALSO CONSIST OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS WELL. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THE BEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT. PLEASE SET YOUR NOAA ALL-HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO TO ALERT MODE IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED AT NIGHT WHILE YOU ARE ASLEEP. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT BY MONITORING LOCAL MEDIA OR BY VISITING OUR WEBSITES AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE AND WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON. AL/MJ
Local storm report, Feb 5, 9:19 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
919 PM EST TUE FEB 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0919 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 N HARTFORD 37.47N 86.89W
02/05/2008 OHIO KY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MRCSpecial weather statement, Feb 5, 9:54 PM EST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 954 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 INZ076>078-083-084-089-KYZ025-060400- CRAWFORD-DUBOIS-MEADE-ORANGE-PERRY-SCOTT-WASHINGTON- 954 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN INDIANA WILL BRING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH TO THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. GIVEN THE SATURATED GROUNDS...THE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MACZKO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 10:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 10:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 10:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 10:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 11:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 11:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 11:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 11:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 21 min |
| Feb 5, 11:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Scott, Washington | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 12:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 12:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 7:21 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 13 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.