Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT for Scott 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
- May 27, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2017, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Scott County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
800
WGUS53 KLMK 280200
FFWLMK
KYC209-280500-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0013.170528T0200Z-170528T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1000 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Scott County in central Kentucky...
* Until 100 AM EDT
* At 1000 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 to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Sadieville, Alberta, Double Culvert, Biddle, Stonewall, Josephine,
Muddy Ford, Porter and Davis.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 8455 3845 8453 3843 8453 3842 8450
3840 8447 3838 8446 3834 8446 3832 8444
3828 8447 3838 8470 3842 8465 3843 8462
3849 8455
$$
RJS1 follow-up statement
916
WGUS73 KLMK 280407
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1207 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017
KYC209-280417-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170528T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Scott KY-
1207 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3847 8455 3845 8453 3843 8453 3842 8450
3840 8447 3838 8446 3834 8446 3832 8444
3828 8447 3838 8470 3842 8465 3843 8462
3849 8455
$$
RJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 30 min |
| May 27, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 29 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 28 min |
| May 27, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 26 min |
| May 27, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 18 min |
| May 27, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 30 min |
| May 27, 8:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 26 min |
| May 27, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 23 min |
| May 27, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 28 min |
| May 27, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 25 min |
| May 27, 9:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Scott | 119 min |
| May 27, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 35 min |
| May 27, 11:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Taylor | 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.