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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY

July 6, 2016Edmonson County, Grayson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2016, 9:47 PM CDT for Edmonson County, Grayson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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 6, 2016, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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
Jul 7, 1:29 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.39	Sunfish, KY	2.39 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. .

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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -461 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

250 
WGUS53 KLMK 070247
FFWLMK
KYC061-085-227-070645-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0024.160707T0247Z-160707T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
947 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 946 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BROWNSVILLE...SMITHS GROVE...CANEYVILLE...OAKLAND...SADLER...STOCKHOLM...
  ROYAL...RIVERSIDE...PROSPERITY AND PEONIA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

&&

LAT...LON 3718 8662 3719 8650 3715 8646 3717 8640
      3736 8649 3739 8661 3745 8663 3746 8609
      3740 8603 3740 8604 3738 8604 3739 8607
      3734 8607 3735 8610 3733 8612 3735 8616
      3722 8605 3706 8608 3705 8645 3700 8667

$$

ZT

1 follow-up statement

440 
WGUS73 KLMK 070642
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
142 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

KYC061-085-227-070651-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160707T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN KY-GRAYSON KY-EDMONSON KY-
142 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARREN...SOUTHERN GRAYSON AND
EDMONSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO.

LAT...LON 3718 8662 3719 8650 3715 8646 3717 8640
      3736 8649 3739 8661 3745 8663 3746 8609
      3740 8603 3740 8604 3738 8604 3739 8607
      3734 8607 3735 8610 3733 8612 3735 8616
      3722 8605 3706 8608 3705 8645 3700 8667

$$

EER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 7:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Cumberland, Edmonson, Grayson and 7 more	10 hr
Jul 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	6 hr
Jul 6, 10:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	4 hr
Jul 6, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Simpson	33 min
Jul 7, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Simpson	29 min
Jul 7, 12:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Allen, Logan, Simpson	4 hr
Jul 7, 3:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 7, 4:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	5 hr
Jul 7, 5:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	5 days
Jul 7, 5:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	6 days
Jul 7, 5:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 7, 6:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 7, 8:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 7, 8:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Butler and 25 more	38 hr
Jul 7, 9:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Logan, Simpson	6 hr
Jul 7, 9:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair	3 hr
Jul 7, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	44 min
Jul 7, 2:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren	4 hr
Jul 7, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	25 min
Jul 7, 2:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	26 hr
Jul 7, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Ohio	47 min
Jul 7, 2:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 7, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	29 min
Jul 7, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	40 min
Jul 7, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio, Warren	35 min
Jul 7, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	25 min
Jul 7, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	32 min
Jul 7, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	29 min
Jul 7, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade	47 min
Jul 7, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren	28 min
Jul 7, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	37 min
Jul 7, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson and 1 more	24 min
Jul 7, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe	31 min
Jul 7, 3:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 7, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Green, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Taylor	39 min
Jul 7, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell	24 min
Jul 7, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	42 min
Jul 7, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Russell, Taylor	26 min
Jul 7, 3:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Hart, Taylor	4 hr
Jul 7, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	36 min
Jul 7, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe	4 hr
Jul 7, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	14 min
Jul 7, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Russell	29 min
Jul 7, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson, Spencer	25 min
Jul 7, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Mercer, Washington	28 min
Jul 7, 5:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell	3 hr
Jul 7, 5:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren	6 hr
Jul 7, 6:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart and 2 more	6 hr

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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.