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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2016, 11:45 AM CDT for Logan County, Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2016, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 777 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
644
WGUS53 KLMK 291645
FFWLMK
KYC141-213-291945-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0041.160729T1645Z-160729T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1145 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 1144 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUSSELLVILLE...AUBURN...ADAIRVILLE...EPLEYS...COOPERSTOWN...
NEOSHEO...OAKVILLE...MCELROY FORD...SCHLEY AND DENNIS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA IN AN HOUR OR LESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8659 3665 8696 3695 8705 3696 8666
3688 8663 3688 8661 3683 8658 3681 8640
3674 8641 3671 8641 3668 8642 3665 8641
3665 8651 3664 8654 3664 8655 3663 8656
$$
RAS1 follow-up statement
760
WGUS73 KLMK 291941
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
241 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
KYC141-213-291950-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160729T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SIMPSON KY-LOGAN KY-
241 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SIMPSON AND LOGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 245 PM CDT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A FLOOD ADVISORY OVER
SOUTHERN LOGAN AND SIMPSON COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL
OCCURRING IN THIS AREA, BUT NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS.
LAT...LON 3665 8659 3665 8696 3695 8705 3696 8666
3688 8663 3688 8661 3683 8658 3681 8640
3674 8641 3671 8641 3668 8642 3665 8641
3665 8651 3664 8654 3664 8655 3663 8656
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Ohio | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.