Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2017, 5:51 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Apr 16, 2017, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:16 PM CDT | FLOOD | Hardinsburg, KY | THIRD STREET BETWEEN THE DOLLAR STORE AND THE EMS STATION IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
| Apr 16, 7:01 PM CDT | FLOOD | 4 W Hardinsburg, KY | A CAR IS ON ITS SIDE OFF OF KY 992 DUE TO FLOOD WATERS. EMERGENCY CREWS ARE EN ROUTE FOR A RESCUE. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KLMK 162251
FFWLMK
KYC027-091-170145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0003.170416T2251Z-170417T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
551 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Hancock County in central Kentucky...
Central Breckinridge County in central Kentucky...
* Until 845 PM CDT
* At 550 PM CDT, 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...
Hardinsburg, Irvington, Mcquady, Garfield, Westview, Locust Hill,
Victoria Crossroads, Graysville, Kingswood and Patesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3778 8678 3789 8626 3788 8625 3772 8622
3764 8664 3766 8664 3770 8673
$$
132 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KLMK 162354
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
654 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
KYC027-091-170145-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170417T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hancock KY-Breckinridge KY-
654 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND CENTRAL BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES...
At 651 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Up to two to three inches of rain have
already fallen. A report of flooding has been received on 3rd
Street in Hardinsburg.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Hardinsburg, Irvington, Mcquady, Garfield, Westview, Locust Hill,
Victoria Crossroads, Graysville, Kingswood and Patesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3778 8678 3789 8626 3788 8625 3772 8622
3764 8664 3766 8664 3770 8673
$$
SCHOETTMER304
WGUS73 KLMK 170142
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
842 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
KYC027-091-170151-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170417T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hancock KY-Breckinridge KY-
842 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND CENTRAL
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
The heavy rain that prompted the flash flood warning has come to an
end. An additional round of moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall
will quickly move through the region over the next few hours. High
water area are expected to recede as the night wears on.
LAT...LON 3778 8678 3789 8626 3788 8625 3772 8622
3764 8664 3766 8664 3770 8673
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Franklin, Hancock, Meade, Shelby | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Spencer | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 32 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.