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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Louisville, KY

July 22, 2016Barren County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2016, 4:25 PM CDT for Barren County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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 22, 2016, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barren County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 22, 4:28 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 E Glasgow, KY	COLUMBIA AVENUE CLOSED AT DAVIS STREET DUE TO HIGH WATER.
Jul 22, 4:28 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nnw Glasgow, KY	PART OF HAPPY VALLEY ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

337 
WGUS53 KLMK 222125
FFWLMK
KYC009-169-230030-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0035.160722T2125Z-160723T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
425 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN METCALFE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 424 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 ONGOING IN THE TOWN OF GLASGOW.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GLASGOW...PARK CITY...OIL CITY...KINO...WISDOM...SLICK ROCK...
  CARDEN...LECTA...ECHO AND STOVALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3705 8573 3688 8569 3702 8604 3711 8603

$$

KJD

1 follow-up statement

578 
WGUS73 KLMK 222331
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
631 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

KYC009-169-222340-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160723T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
METCALFE KY-BARREN KY-
631 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN METCALFE AND NORTHEASTERN
BARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3705 8573 3688 8569 3702 8604 3711 8603

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	26 min
Jul 22, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	16 min
Jul 22, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	27 min
Jul 22, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	10 min
Jul 22, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	15 min
Jul 22, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	15 min
Jul 22, 4:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren	3 hr
Jul 22, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	29 min
Jul 22, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle	25 min
Jul 22, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Boyle, Lincoln	116 min
Jul 22, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle	28 min
Jul 22, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	24 min
Jul 22, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	36 min
Jul 22, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	28 min
Jul 22, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Meade	2 hr
Jul 22, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	26 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.