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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

July 5, 2016Allen County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2016, 7:32 PM CDT for Allen 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
Jul 5, 2016, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Allen County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 8:18 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Sse Mt. Arieal, KYNUMEROUS ROADS IN SOUTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY UNDER WATER AND IMPASSABLE INCLUDING STONEY POINT RD, AND THE ALONZO AND ADOLPHUS AREAS.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 68 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1408 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

As transmitted.

025 
WGUS53 KLMK 060032
FFWLMK
KYC003-060330-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0022.160706T0032Z-160706T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
732 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSVILLE...NEW ROE...CLARE...MOUNT AERIAL...AMOS...HOLLAND...ALONZO...
  CHAPEL HILL...FOREST SPRINGS AND PETROLEUM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3665 8634 3665 8641 3676 8641 3670 8601
      3663 8602

$$

ZT
1 follow-up statement
661 
WGUS73 KLMK 060135
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
835 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

KYC003-060330-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160706T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALLEN KY-
835 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY...

AT 834 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY. RADAR
ESTIMATES SHOW 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING. SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE BETWEEN ADOLPHUS
AND ALONZO.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SCOTTSVILLE...NEW ROE...CLARE...MOUNT AERIAL...AMOS...HOLLAND...ALONZO...
CHAPEL HILL...FOREST SPRINGS AND PETROLEUM.

LAT...LON 3665 8634 3665 8641 3676 8641 3670 8601
      3663 8602

$$

ZT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 10:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock34 min
Jul 6, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt36 min
Jul 6, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade28 min
Jul 6, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge32 min
Jul 6, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt29 min
Jul 6, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby34 min
Jul 6, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson18 min
Jul 6, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Spencer29 min
Jul 6, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin27 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Shelby12 min
Jul 6, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson24 min
Jul 6, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Shelby19 min
Jul 6, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson31 min
Jul 6, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin38 min
Jul 6, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin21 min
Jul 6, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan35 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin20 min
Jul 6, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson11 min
Jul 6, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler33 min
Jul 6, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Ohio40 min
Jul 6, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Warren41 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren37 min
Jul 6, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren46 min
Jul 6, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey52 min
Jul 6, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe34 min
Jul 6, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more24 min
Jul 6, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Green, Russell47 min
Jul 6, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more50 min

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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.