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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY

July 28, 20164 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2016, 3:40 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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 28, 2016, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2016, 6:45 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Franklin County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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 28, 3:43 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.09	1 Wnw Elk Creek, KY	MEASURED AT PRIVATE WEATHER STATION.
Jul 28, 4:01 AM EDT	FLOOD	3 Ne Finchville, KY	WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROADA AT TAYLORSVILLE ROAD AND ON MAIN STREET IN SHELBYVILLE. DEPTH AND FLOW OF WATER UNKNOWN.
Jul 28, 5:17 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Se Bagdad, KY	DEVILS HOLLOW ROAD ON THE WAY TOWARD BAGDAD HAS HIGH WATER ON THE ROAD.
Jul 28, 5:17 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 Ene Bagdad, KY	BALD KNOB ROAD AND LEBANON 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 781 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

719 
WGUS53 KLMK 280740
FFWLMK
KYC073-209-211-215-281045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0039.160728T0740Z-160728T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
340 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL SPENCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT

* AT 339 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3830 8462 3813 8500 3813 8502 3812 8504
      3810 8505 3800 8528 3798 8544 3818 8539
      3836 8486 3835 8481 3834 8479 3835 8475
      3837 8471 3842 8464

$$

RJS

2 follow-up statements

892 
WGUS73 KLMK 280937
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
537 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

KYC073-209-211-215-281045-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160728T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FRANKLIN KY-SPENCER KY-SHELBY KY-SCOTT KY-
537 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR
FRANKLIN...CENTRAL SPENCER...CENTRAL SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN SCOTT
COUNTIES...

AT 535 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FEW ROADS UNDER
HIGH WATER IN THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING ROADS IN DOWNTOWN
SHELBYVILLE...A FEW NORTHWEST OF FRANKFORT...AND IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF SCOTT COUNTY.

THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINS ARE OVER FOR NOW...SO THE WATERS SHOULD
BEGIN RECEDING SHORTLY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3830 8462 3813 8500 3813 8502 3812 8504
      3810 8505 3800 8528 3798 8544 3818 8539
      3836 8486 3835 8481 3834 8479 3835 8475
      3837 8471 3842 8464

$$

RJS

815 
WGUS73 KLMK 281038
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
638 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

KYC073-209-211-215-281047-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160728T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FRANKLIN KY-SPENCER KY-SHELBY KY-SCOTT KY-
638 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN...CENTRAL SPENCER...CENTRAL
SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM EDT...

FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. FLOODING IS NO LONGER AN IMMINENT THREAT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3830 8462 3813 8500 3813 8502 3812 8504
      3810 8505 3800 8528 3798 8544 3818 8539
      3836 8486 3835 8481 3834 8479 3835 8475
      3837 8471 3842 8464

$$

RJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	28 min
Jul 27, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	30 min
Jul 28, 12:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	42 min
Jul 28, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	40 min
Jul 28, 1:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren	116 min
Jul 28, 2:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	116 min
Jul 28, 3:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	18 min
Jul 28, 3:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer	2 hr
Jul 28, 4:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford	2 hr
Jul 28, 4:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison, Scott	3 hr
Jul 28, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Marion, Taylor	28 min
Jul 28, 11:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark	3 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.