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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at May 12, 2016, 1:48 AM CDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at May 12, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2016, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2016, 9:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 12, 1:41 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 1:41 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 507 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016 INZ078-079-091-092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081- 082-122115- SCOTT-JEFFERSON-FLOYD-CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON- HARDIN-BULLITT-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-HARRISON-SPENCER- ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-WASHINGTON-MERCER- JESSAMINE-LARUE-MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART- GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE- METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL-CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG... BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN... SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...MILTON... NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS... CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN... FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE... EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 507 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016 /407 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. THIS COMPLEX WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TONIGHT OR THURSDAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. INZ076-077-083-084-089-090-122115- ORANGE-WASHINGTON-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...JASPER...ENGLISH... TELL CITY...CORYDON 507 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016 /407 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 169 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA BY EARLY EVENING. THIS COMPLEX WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TONIGHT OR THURSDAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. KD/RAS
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 30 min |
| May 11, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 24 min |
| May 11, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 35 min |
| May 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Warren | 49 min |
| May 11, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 33 min |
| May 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 46 min |
| May 11, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 29 min |
| May 11, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson | 28 min |
| May 11, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 24 min |
| May 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 30 min |
| May 11, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 35 min |
| May 11, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 32 min |
| May 11, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 32 min |
| May 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby | 27 min |
| May 11, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Marion and 4 more | 46 min |
| May 11, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Lincoln, Mercer | 25 min |
| May 11, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott and 1 more | 24 min |
| May 11, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 24 min |
| May 11, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 34 min |
| May 11, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 11, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 1 more | 39 min |
| May 11, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 24 min |
| May 11, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 37 min |
| May 12, 2:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio | 4 hr |
| May 12, 7:33 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Warren | 36 hr |
| May 12, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Larue | 32 min |
| May 12, 2:13 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Ohio | 36 hr |
| May 12, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Warren | 34 min |
| May 12, 2:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 12, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor | 29 min |
| May 12, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 47 min |
| May 12, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 30 min |
| May 12, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 36 min |
| May 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Hart | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 25 min |
| May 11, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 22 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.