Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT for Ohio 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
- Mar 27, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
500
WGUS53 KLMK 272045
FFWLMK
KYC183-272345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0002.170327T2045Z-170327T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
345 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Ohio County in central Kentucky...
* Until 645 PM CDT
* At 345 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain likely
has fallen already. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Fordsville, Taffy, Ralph, Dundee, Magan, Deanefield, Matanzas,
Buford, Narrows and No Creek.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to an inch are possible in the
warned area as a larger line of storms moves through the region.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3749 8712 3748 8711 3755 8705 3763 8695
3762 8692 3767 8682 3769 8685 3772 8679
3766 8665 3760 8663 3753 8683 3736 8712
3739 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713
$$
RJS1 follow-up statement
384
WGUS73 KLMK 272249
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
549 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
KYC183-272259-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170327T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ohio KY-
549 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN OHIO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3749 8712 3748 8711 3755 8705 3763 8695
3762 8692 3767 8682 3769 8685 3772 8679
3766 8665 3760 8663 3753 8683 3736 8712
3739 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713
$$
RJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe | 14 min |
| Mar 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 20 min |
| Mar 27, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Ohio, Simpson and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Ohio | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Monroe | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 4:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt | 117 min |
| Mar 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Spencer | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Russell, Taylor | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 16 min |
| Mar 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln and 2 more | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott and 1 more | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Scott and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Madison | 17 min |
| Mar 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 14 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.