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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

February 3, 20164 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 12:56 AM EST for 4 counties in 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: Feb 3, 2016, 12:56 AM EST (05:56 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2016, 5:00 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Spencer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 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
Feb 3, 1:05 AM EST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Se Highgrove, KY	NELSON COUNTY DISPATCH RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR A WATER RESCUE ON WHITESIDE ROAD.

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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 479 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 645 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

708 
WGUS53 KLMK 030556
FFWLMK
KYC029-093-179-215-031000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0003.160203T0556Z-160203T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1256 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN SPENCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN BULLITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 500 AM EST

* AT 1255 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BARDSTOWN...TAYLORSVILLE...LEBANON JUNCTION...BLOOMFIELD...
  LENORE...CRAVENS...SAMUELS FIELD AIRPORT...SCUFFLETOWN...
  HIGHGROVE...LITTLE MOUNT...DEATSVILLE...NELSONVILLE...BOURBON
  SPRINGS...WAKEFIELD...HUNTERS...SOLITUDE...YOUNGER CREEK...LOTUS...
  WITHROW AND COLESBURG.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3797 8525 3769 8563 3771 8565 3772 8565
      3773 8568 3767 8573 3776 8582 3801 8550
      3808 8523

$$

SCHOETTMER

1 follow-up statement

450 
WGUS73 KLMK 030911
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
411 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

KYC029-093-179-215-030921-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARDIN KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-BULLITT KY-
411 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARDIN...SOUTHWESTERN
SPENCER...NORTHWESTERN NELSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BULLITT COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

LAT...LON 3797 8525 3769 8563 3771 8565 3772 8565
      3773 8568 3767 8573 3776 8582 3801 8550
      3808 8523

$$

SCHOETTMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 11:08 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble	3 hr
Feb 2, 11:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Green and 5 more	4 hr
Feb 3, 12:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	34 min
Feb 3, 12:29 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Hardin, Henry, Larue and 7 more	6 hr
Feb 3, 1:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	30 min
Feb 3, 2:02 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Green, Lincoln and 5 more	4 hr
Feb 3, 2:05 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 5 more	4 hr
Feb 3, 2:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine	35 min
Feb 3, 2:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Madison	39 min
Feb 3, 3:05 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	3 hr
Feb 3, 4:08 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	29 hr
Feb 3, 10:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	3 days
Feb 3, 10:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	4 days
Feb 3, 2:55 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	45 hr

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.