Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 12:51 PM CDT for Monroe 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 27, 2016, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 796 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
721
WGUS53 KLMK 271751
FFWLMK
KYC171-272045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0021.160627T1751Z-160627T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1251 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 1250 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOMPKINSVILLE...GAMALIEL...VERNON...FREETOWN...HARLAN CROSSROADS...
BOLES...BLYTHE...HESTAND...GRANDVIEW AND RAYDURE.
AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8585 3674 8577 3674 8554 3662 8544
3661 8548 3661 8557
$$
RJS2 follow-up statements
786
WGUS73 KLMK 271927
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
227 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
KYC171-272045-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160627T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE KY-
227 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...
AT 225 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS NOW
OCCURRING OVER THE WARNING AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOMPKINSVILLE...GAMALIEL...VERNON...FREETOWN...HARLAN
CROSSROADS...BOLES... BLYTHE...HESTAND...GRANDVIEW AND RAYDURE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...MCFARLAND
CREEK...LITTLE MESHACK CREEK...EAST FORK BARREN RIVER...SULPHUR
CREEK...SMITH CREEK...LINE CREEK...BAXTER BRANCH...CUMBERLAND
RIVER...ADAMS BRANCH...KETTLE CREEK...TOWN CREEK...POORE BRANCH...
MILL CREEK...CURTIS BRANCH...BARREN RIVER...LITTLE SULPHUR CREEK...
HERD BRANCH AND MESHACK CREEK.
NO FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME...BUT LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND OTHER FAST-RISING CREEK AREAS MAY BRIEFLY RISE TO
BANKFULL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8585 3674 8577 3674 8554 3662 8544
3661 8548 3661 8557
$$
RJS542
WGUS73 KLMK 272032
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
332 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
KYC171-272042-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160627T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE KY-
332 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3662 8585 3674 8577 3674 8554 3662 8544
3661 8548 3661 8557
$$
RJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 51 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.