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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Louisville, KY

August 28, 2016Bourbon County, Fayette County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 2:58 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Fayette 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: Aug 28, 2016, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 1387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

683 
WGUS53 KLMK 281858
FFWLMK
KYC017-067-282200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0046.160828T1858Z-160828T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
258 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 257 PM EDT...THE MEDIA REPORTED 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...
  LEXINGTON...PARIS...CADENTOWN...U K ARBORETUM...MEADOWTHORPE...
  CARDINAL HILL...DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL...CHEVY CHASE...
  BRYAN STATION AND HIGHLANDS.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3807 8425 3807 8429 3802 8429 3799 8460
      3813 8461 3821 8441 3822 8442 3823 8442
      3829 8427 3816 8418

$$

RJS

2 follow-up statements

978 
WGUS73 KLMK 282003
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
403 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KYC017-067-282200-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160828T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-
403 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
FAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTIES...

AT 402 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. LOCAL MEDIA HAVE
REPORTED STREET FLOODING...WITH WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD IN THE
MASTERSON STATION AREA. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CADENTOWN...U K ARBORETUM...MEADOWTHORPE...
CARDINAL HILL...DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL...CHEVY CHASE...
BRYAN STATION AND HIGHLANDS.

THE HEAVEIST OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE WARNING AREA...HOWEVER
SOME LIGHT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE NEXT HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3807 8425 3807 8429 3802 8429 3799 8460
      3813 8461 3821 8441 3822 8442 3823 8442
      3829 8427 3816 8418

$$

RJS

221 
WGUS73 KLMK 282150
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KYC017-067-282200-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160828T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-
550 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN BOURBON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3807 8425 3807 8429 3802 8429 3799 8460
      3813 8461 3821 8441 3822 8442 3823 8442
      3829 8427 3816 8418

$$

RJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Taylor	27 min
Aug 27, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Russell	33 min
Aug 28, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	30 min
Aug 28, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	32 min
Aug 28, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Scott	25 min
Aug 28, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford	35 min
Aug 28, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	33 min
Aug 28, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	27 min
Aug 28, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	24 min
Aug 28, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer, Woodford	35 min
Aug 28, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	35 min
Aug 28, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	27 min
Aug 28, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	26 min
Aug 28, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	34 min
Aug 28, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	23 min
Aug 28, 4:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Madison	3 hr
Aug 28, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	27 min
Aug 28, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	32 min
Aug 28, 5:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Nicholas	2 hr
Aug 28, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	34 min
Aug 28, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	32 min
Aug 28, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	29 min
Aug 28, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	27 min
Aug 28, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion, Taylor	37 min
Aug 28, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson	27 min
Aug 28, 6:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	3 hr
Aug 28, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Russell	31 min
Aug 28, 6:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	3 hr
Aug 28, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Green, Russell	31 min
Aug 28, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	28 min
Aug 28, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Hart	29 min
Aug 28, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	26 min
Aug 28, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	47 min
Aug 28, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	29 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.