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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Louisville, KY

August 28, 2016Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 6:37 PM EDT for Casey County, Lincoln 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, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 1228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

481 
WGUS53 KLMK 282237
FFWLMK
KYC045-137-290130-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0048.160828T2237Z-160829T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CASEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 636 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LIBERTY...EUBANK...MIDDLEBURG...LAWHORN HILL...BETHELRIDGE...
  LANHAMTOWN...RUBERT FORD...CANTOWN...EVANS FORD AND WALLTOWN.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE 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 3722 8505 3744 8486 3729 8465 3716 8484
      3711 8492 3711 8494

$$

RJS

1 follow-up statement

468 
WGUS73 KLMK 290013
FFSLMK

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

KYC045-137-290023-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160829T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-
813 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. 

LAT...LON 3722 8505 3744 8486 3729 8465 3716 8484
      3711 8492 3711 8494

$$

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, 2:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	3 hr
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, 6:44 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

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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.