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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

May 21, 2014Jefferson County, Indiana; Trimble County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2014, 7:43 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Indiana; Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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: May 21, 2014, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2014, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jefferson County, IN, Trimble County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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
May 21, 9:01 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Madison, IN	HANGING ROCK HILL ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

087 
WGUS53 KLMK 212343
FFWLMK
INC077-KYC223-220245-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0009.140521T2343Z-140522T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
743 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TRIMBLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.  
DOPPLED RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD 
FALLEN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO THE WARNED AREA 
OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS...DROPPING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 
LOCALLY TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MADISON...

  IN ADDITION...RINGWALD...VOLGA AND BRYANTSBURG ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
  FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

  FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
  RAZOR FORK OVERFLOWS SIMMONS ROAD.
  DRY FORK OVERFLOWS WHIPOORWILL ROAD.

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 3891 8520 3869 8519 3869 8521 3874 8526
      3873 8532 3861 8522 3872 8558 3886 8560
      3886 8558 3888 8558 3889 8554 3891 8554
      3892 8554

$$

KD

2 follow-up statements

957 
WGUS73 KLMK 220112
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
912 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

INC077-KYC223-220245-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140522T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON IN-TRIMBLE KY-
912 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN TRIMBLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 906 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  HANGING ROCK HILL ROAD WAS CLOSED 
DUE TO HIGH WATER NEAR MADISON INDIANA.  WHILE RAINFALL HAS ENDED 
FOR NOW...A FEW ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER 
TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON...

  IN ADDITION...BRYANTSBURG...WIRT AND MIDDLEFORK ARE INCLUDED IN
  THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

  FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
  RAZOR FORK OVERFLOWS SIMMONS ROAD.
  DRY FORK OVERFLOWS WHIPOORWILL ROAD.

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.

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.


&&

LAT...LON 3891 8520 3869 8519 3869 8521 3874 8526
      3873 8532 3861 8522 3872 8558 3886 8560
      3886 8558 3888 8558 3889 8554 3891 8554
      3892 8554

$$

KD

442 
WGUS73 KLMK 220212
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1012 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

INC077-KYC223-220221-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140522T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON IN-TRIMBLE KY-
1012 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN TRIMBLE
AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. ONLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR 
THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. 

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3891 8520 3869 8519 3869 8521 3874 8526
      3873 8532 3861 8522 3872 8558 3886 8560
      3886 8558 3888 8558 3889 8554 3891 8554
      3892 8554

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	29 min
May 21, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	32 min
May 21, 7:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
May 21, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	31 min
May 21, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott	29 min
May 21, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	30 min
May 21, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	32 min
May 21, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry	33 min
May 21, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott	29 min
May 21, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Scott and 1 more	36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.