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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jun 26, 2013, 1:56 PM EDT for 8 counties in Kentucky; 9 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2013, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2013, 3:28 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, Franklin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Trimble County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 26, 1:05 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:05 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 11:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1147 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-271600- 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 1147 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 /1047 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GIVEN AMPLE MOISTURE AND EXPECTED HEATING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND IN URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER THEY OBSERVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDES HAIL OF ONE INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER...WINDS OF 58MPH OR MORE...AND TORNADOES. FLOODING IS ALSO TO BE REPORTED. MANY THANKS TO ALL OF OUR INTREPID SPOTTERS! && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1133 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-262100- 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 1133 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013 /1033 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013/ ...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING FROM ILLINOIS TO INDIANA WILL SPARK THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. LOCAL FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP UNDER THE STRONGER STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE ADDITIONAL POSSIBILITIES. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 4PM AND 10PM. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS UPDATES OCCUR. 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 3:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 5:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Jessamine, Nicholas | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Madison | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Harrison, Madison, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 1:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 2:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Orange, Scott, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 2:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 4:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Orange, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Harrison, Jefferson, Orange, Scott, Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Orange | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 31 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.