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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 10, 2015, 8:28 AM CDT for 43 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 10, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2015, 8:28 AM CDT (13:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 10, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Flood severity
- None
All 53 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 Jul 10, 5:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 5:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 556 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 KYZ023>029-038>040-045>048-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-101130- HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY- BULLITT KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-NELSON KY- WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE 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...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG... BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN... FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE... GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE... BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE... ALBANY 556 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 /456 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015/ ...PATCHY DENSE FOG... CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE LED TO THE FORMATION OF PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. IF DRIVING THIS MORNING BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND BE PREPARED TO REDUCE YOUR SPEED IN FOG BANKS. 13
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:22 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
822 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
INZ084-089-KYZ023>026-101405-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-CRAWFORD IN-HANCOCK KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-PERRY IN-
822 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
50 MPH WINDS...
AT 820 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SANTA CLAUS TO
ROCKPORT TO 8 MILES WEST OF LIVERMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
HAWESVILLE...
HARTFORD...
TELL CITY...
ADYEVILLE AND ADAIR...
SASSAFRAS AND PETRI...
CELINA AND HEFLIN...
BRANCHVILLE AND WEBERSTOWN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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LAT...LON 3764 8695 3767 8683 3771 8687 3775 8683
3780 8683 3784 8686 3784 8692 3790 8692
3790 8699 3794 8697 3794 8693 3799 8686
3801 8678 3810 8677 3811 8681 3822 8679
3821 8631 3784 8647 3743 8674 3748 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1322Z 270DEG 32KT 3816 8683 3783 8697
3745 8725
EERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 19 min |
| Jul 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Shelby and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer and 2 more | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 10:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Mercer, Scott, Shelby and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison and 5 more | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Green, Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Larue | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion, Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Russell | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Woodford | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Woodford | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 21 min |
| Jul 10, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer | 32 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.