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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 2016Hardin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2016, 4:35 PM EDT for Hardin 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
May 10, 2016, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hardin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 4:50 PM EDTFLASH FLOODElizabethtown, KYROADS FLOODED AROUND COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN.

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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

915 
WGUS53 KLMK 102035
FFWLMK
KYC093-102330-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0007.160510T2035Z-160510T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
435 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 434 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ELIZABETHTOWN...RADCLIFF...VINE GROVE...LEBANON JUNCTION...MULDRAUGH...
  WEST POINT...UPTON...SONORA...STEPHENSBURG AND NOLIN.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 8616 3782 8600 3788 8598 3799 8600
      3800 8593 3794 8590 3794 8585 3789 8581
      3787 8583 3782 8574 3778 8574 3774 8568
      3754 8588 3744 8589 3745 8606 3750 8605
      3757 8611 3756 8618 3760 8625 3759 8628

$$

AMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock34 min
May 10, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio37 min
May 10, 2:17 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHancock, Ohio28 min
May 10, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Meade47 min
May 10, 2:37 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock23 min
May 10, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge31 min
May 10, 3:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin26 min
May 10, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge15 min
May 10, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson34 min
May 10, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson, Larue38 min
May 10, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Nelson31 min
May 10, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin29 min
May 10, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin37 min
May 10, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson35 min
May 10, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington33 min
May 10, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion43 min
May 10, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Washington35 min
May 10, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Boyle, Mercer, Washington, Woodford27 min
May 10, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Larue, Marion, Taylor42 min
May 10, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue37 min
May 10, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer and 1 more47 min
May 10, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHart20 min
May 10, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more38 min
May 10, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Taylor30 min
May 10, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio44 min
May 10, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor36 min
May 10, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOhio36 min
May 10, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison39 min
May 10, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Marion, Taylor29 min
May 10, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Taylor22 min
May 10, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison47 min
May 10, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Ohio47 min
May 10, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Taylor15 min
May 10, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOhio13 min
May 10, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Oldham43 min
May 10, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor30 min
May 10, 7:17 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Ohio28 min
May 10, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade42 min
May 10, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby36 min
May 10, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe33 min
May 10, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson20 min
May 10, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson29 min
May 10, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Green33 min
May 10, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Green, Taylor31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.