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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Louisville, KY

July 27, 2016Clinton County, Cumberland County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2016, 5:09 AM CDT for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Monroe 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 27, 2016, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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 27, 5:50 AM CDT	FLOOD	1 E Hestand, KY	VERNON 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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

914 
WGUS53 KLMK 271009
FFWLMK
KYC053-057-171-271315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0037.160727T1009Z-160727T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
509 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 508 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO LOCALLY TWO AND A HALF
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TOMPKINSVILLE...ALBANY...BURKESVILLE...GAMALIEL...AARON...
  ASHLOCK...MODOC...FREETOWN...IDA AND WILLIS CREEK.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8582 3670 8579 3676 8547 3685 8515
      3683 8513 3671 8510 3662 8538 3661 8557

$$

KJD

1 follow-up statement

141 
WGUS73 KLMK 271048
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
548 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

KYC053-057-171-271315-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160727T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLINTON KY-MONROE KY-CUMBERLAND KY-
548 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND
COUNTIES...

AT 547 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED VERNON ROAD IN
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY HAD WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. TWO TO LOCALLY
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOMPKINSVILLE...ALBANY...BURKESVILLE...GAMALIEL...AARON...ASHLOCK...
MODOC...FREETOWN...IDA AND WILLIS CREEK.

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 3662 8582 3670 8579 3676 8547 3685 8515
      3683 8513 3671 8510 3662 8538 3661 8557

$$

KJD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 4:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 27, 7:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Taylor	3 hr
Jul 27, 7:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	3 hr
Jul 27, 8:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	3 hr
Jul 27, 2:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 40 more	25 hr
Jul 27, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Madison	34 min
Jul 27, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	25 min
Jul 27, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	25 min
Jul 27, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	37 min
Jul 27, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	26 min
Jul 27, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2016 Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.