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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2014Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2014, 8:24 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2014, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2014, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bourbon County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

422 
WGUS53 KLMK 200024
FFWLMK
KYC017-200330-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0013.140620T0024Z-140620T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
824 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 822 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...PARIS...

  IN ADDITION...NORTH MIDDLETOWN AND MONTEREY ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
  FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR 
INDICATES TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY HAS FALLEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3811 8408 3807 8427 3820 8435 3825 8407
      3814 8403

$$

RJS
1 follow-up statement
332 
WGUS73 KLMK 200218
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1018 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

KYC017-200229-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140620T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOURBON KY-
1018 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN BOURBON
COUNTY...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.

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 3811 8408 3807 8427 3820 8435 3825 8407
      3814 8403

$$

RJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin31 min
Jun 19, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMetcalfe32 min
Jun 19, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair29 min
Jun 19, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair32 min
Jun 20, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble30 min
Jun 20, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan28 min
Jun 20, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Logan, Simpson28 min
Jun 20, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHenry28 min
Jun 20, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen, Simpson, Warren27 min
Jun 20, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin, Jefferson, Shelby30 min
Jun 20, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison31 min
Jun 20, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon32 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade29 min
Jun 20, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Franklin, Scott, Spencer30 min
Jun 20, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren, Metcalfe32 min
Jun 20, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Spencer30 min
Jun 20, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison45 min
Jun 20, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Meade30 min
Jun 20, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland, Monroe30 min
Jun 20, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Fayette, Woodford32 min
Jun 20, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Clark29 min
Jun 20, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton, Russell44 min
Jun 20, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark29 min
Jun 20, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Madison44 min
Jun 20, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock32 min
Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMarion33 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.