Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2013, 9:28 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 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
- Jul 5, 2013, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2013, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Logan County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.01 | Russellville, KY | JUST OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED OVER A 3 HOUR PERIOD AT RUSSELLVILLE VIA THE KENTUCKY MESONET. |
| Jul 5, 10:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Russellville, KY | SEVERAL ROADS HAVE WATER FLOWING OVER THEM IN RUSSELLVILLE AND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jul 5, 10:33 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.99 | Russellville, KY | FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS AT RUSSELLVILLE. MEASURED BY THE KENTUCKY MESONET. |
| Jul 5, 10:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.3 | Russellville, KY | A REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SEVERAL ROADS IMPASSABLE NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLE. THE KENTUCKY MESONET HAS MEASURED A STORM TOTAL OF 4.3 INCHES. |
| Jul 5, 11:48 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.31 | Russellville, KY | MOST OF THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE SPACE OF ABOUT FOUR HOURS SINCE 8PM CDT |
| Jul 6, 12:05 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Russellville, KY | SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO RISING FLOOD WATERS IN RUSSELLVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
692
WGUS53 KLMK 060228
FFWLMK
KYC141-060530-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0021.130706T0228Z-130706T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
928 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...RUSSELLVILLE...
IN ADDITION...WHIPPOORWILL...LOST CITY AND DANBY ARE INCLUDED IN
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
WOLF LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO HIGHWAY 107 NEAR JERICO.
MUD RIVER OVERFLOWS ONTO STATE HIGHWAY 1040.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER
THE WARNED AREA. THE KENTUCKY MESONET SITE NEAR RUSSELLVILLE HAD
ALMOST TWO INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3667 8707 3676 8707 3676 8706 3680 8706
3702 8706 3702 8679 3665 8679 3664 8706
$$
RJS3 follow-up statements
833
WGUS73 KLMK 060306
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1006 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
KYC141-060530-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130706T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOGAN KY-
1006 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
LOGAN COUNTY...
AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELLVILLE...
IN ADDITION...WOLF LICK...WHIPPOORWILL AND LOST CITY ARE INCLUDED
IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
WOLF LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO HIGHWAY 107 NEAR JERICO.
MUD RIVER OVERFLOWS ONTO STATE HIGHWAY 1040.
AT 10 PM CDT...THE KENTUCKY MESONET STATION NEAR RUSSELLVILLE
REPORTED JUST OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED
AREA AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3667 8707 3676 8707 3676 8706 3680 8706
3702 8706 3702 8679 3665 8679 3664 8706
$$
RJS338
WGUS53 KLMK 060422
FFWLMK
KYC141-060630-
/O.EXT.KLMK.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130706T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1122 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1117 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED NEAR AND NORTH OF
RUSSELLVILLE. MANY ROADS NEAR AND NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLE WERE CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER. OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN RUSSELLVILLE
SINCE 6 PM EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY
HAS RECEIVED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS
EXPECTED THROUGH 1 AM CDT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...RUSSELLVILLE...
IN ADDITION...WOLF LICK...WHIPPOORWILL AND LOST CITY ARE INCLUDED
IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
WOLF LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO HIGHWAY 107 NEAR JERICO.
MUD RIVER OVERFLOWS ONTO STATE HIGHWAY 1040.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3667 8707 3676 8707 3676 8706 3680 8706
3702 8706 3702 8679 3665 8679 3664 8706
$$
JSD619
WGUS73 KLMK 060530
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1230 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
KYC141-060630-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130706T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOGAN KY-
1230 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR LOGAN
COUNTY...
AT 1222 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS CONTINUING IN LOGAN COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELLVILLE...
IN ADDITION...WOLF LICK...WHIPPOORWILL AND LOST CITY ARE INCLUDED
IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
WOLF LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO HIGHWAY 107 NEAR JERICO.
MUD RIVER OVERFLOWS ONTO STATE HIGHWAY 1040.
THOUGH THE RAIN IS QUITE LIGHT NOW...IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR
FLOODWATERS TO RECEDE. ALSO...LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE PRE DAWN HOURS AND MAY PICK UP IN INTENSITY
AFTER ABOUT 130 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS MAY BE
NECESSARY.
ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ON LOGAN
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3667 8707 3676 8707 3676 8706 3680 8706
3702 8706 3702 8679 3665 8679 3664 8706
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Marion, Taylor | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 110 min |
| Jul 6, 3:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Scott, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Carroll, Henry, Owen | 38 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hart | 3 days |
| Jul 6, 11:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 4 days |
| Jul 6, 11:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 4 days |
| Jul 6, 11:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 5 days |
| Jul 6, 2:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark and 22 more | 12 hr |
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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.