Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 22, 2013, 3:27 AM EDT for 8 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2013, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2013, 6:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Madison County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Scott County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1029 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Jul 22, 3:18 AM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:18 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:23 PM EDT, 12 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 323 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-221930- 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 323 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 /223 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CROSSING THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAY ALLOW FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS ALONG A STALLED WEAK FRONT AT ANY TIME. AFTER A COUPLE DAYS RESPITE FROM STORMS AT THE END OF THIS WEEK...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES SATURDAY...BRINGING BACK THE CHANCE FOR STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH...ANY SIZE HAIL...OR LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. KD/13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1013 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
INZ083-220300-
DUBOIS IN-
1013 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JASPER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND
GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
JASPER...
IRELAND...
DUBOIS...
HAYSVILLE AND PORTERSVILLE...
KELLERVILLE AND DUBOIS CROSSROADS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8707 3851 8698 3851 8696 3849 8695
3851 8694 3850 8688 3853 8684 3853 8670
3825 8683 3828 8708 3846 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 198DEG 12KT 3836 8694
EERSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 10:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1020 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
INZ090-091-220305-
FLOYD IN-HARRISON IN-
1020 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 1017 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLEASURE RIDGE PAR...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND
GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
NEW ALBANY...
EDWARDSVILLE AND GEORGETOWN...
FLOYDS KNOBS...
GALENA AND GREENVILLE...
SCOTTSVILLE AND NAVILLETON...
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
113 AND 123.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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.
&&
LAT...LON 3841 8599 3840 8580 3839 8580 3828 8582
3827 8583 3823 8585 3819 8589 3816 8608
3842 8601 3842 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 193DEG 10KT 3824 8593
EERSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 10:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1048 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
INZ076-077-083-084-090-220320-
CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-HARRISON IN-ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-
1048 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 1044 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHOALS TO 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PAOLI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SALEM...AND MOVING NORTH AT
15 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND
GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
PAOLI...
SALEM...
ENGLISH...
SCARLET AND HINDOSTAN...
BONDS AND CAMPBELLSBURG...
HITCHCOCK AND PROWSVILLE...
MOUNT CARMEL AND HIGHLAND...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3862 8596 3842 8602 3842 8603 3833 8604
3830 8663 3853 8677 3853 8669 3854 8669
3869 8669 3869 8632 3873 8631 3877 8628
3878 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 195DEG 14KT 3862 8678 3867 8636
3848 8606
EERSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 11:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1141 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
INZ076-077-220410-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-
1141 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PAOLI TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAOLI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
PAOLI...
SALEM...
SYRIA AND MAHAN CROSSING...
MILLERSBURG AND PUMPKIN CENTER...
BROMER...
LIVONIA AND ROSEBUD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 8601 3841 8634 3865 8669 3869 8669
3869 8668 3869 8632 3873 8631 3874 8630
3875 8630 3876 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 238DEG 13KT 3867 8656 3849 8633
RJSSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 12:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1226 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
KYZ036-037-041-042-220455-
BOURBON KY-FAYETTE KY-HARRISON KY-SCOTT KY-
1226 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 1221 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF OWENTON TO 6 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN TO HIGHLANDS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS. LEXINGTON BLUEGRASS AIRPORT REPORTED ALMOST AN
INCH OF RAIN IN TWENTY MINUTES WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
GEORGETOWN...
HIGHLANDS...
CLABBER BOTTOM AND SPINDLETOP ESTATES...
STONEWALL AND BOYDTOWN...
HINTON AND DAVIS...
ALBERTA...
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 118 AND 136.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8440 3820 8436 3804 8456 3822 8456
3840 8468 3850 8456 3851 8452 3852 8449
3854 8448 3854 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 204DEG 13KT 3848 8463 3831 8451
3811 8455
RJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 8:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Ohio | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 9:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 12:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Scott | 113 min |
| Jul 22, 12:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 11:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 29 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.