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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Louisville, KY

June 12, 20185 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jun 12, 2018, 3:41 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2018, 3:41 AM EDT (07:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: None

Counties Clark County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Orange County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 270 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 12, 3:29 AM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:29 AM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:52 PM EDT, 11 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
352 PM EDT Mon Jun 11 2018

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-122000-
Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison-
Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-
Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-
Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-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 Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper,
English, Tell City, Corydon, 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, and Albany
352 PM EDT Mon Jun 11 2018 /252 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms capable of locally heavy rain, gusty winds, and
lightning are possible. The heaviest rain should fall across
southern Indiana and north central Kentucky where localized minor
flooding issues could arise.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Thunderstorms are expected each day trough early Wednesday.
Lightning, locally heavy rain, and gusty winds will be the main
threats. An enhanced potential for flooding will continue into early
Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to report any heavy rainfall amounts OR
flooding to the National Weather Service in Louisville.

KDW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 10:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	37 min
Jun 11, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	28 min
Jun 11, 10:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Green	2 hr
Jun 12, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
Jun 12, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	25 min
Jun 12, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	30 min
Jun 12, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson	36 min
Jun 12, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott, Woodford	49 min
Jun 12, 2:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	7 hr
Jun 12, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	38 min
Jun 12, 2:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	2 hr
Jun 12, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	36 min
Jun 12, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	38 min
Jun 12, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	42 min
Jun 12, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	26 min
Jun 12, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	47 min
Jun 12, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson	39 min
Jun 12, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin, Meade	23 min
Jun 12, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	34 min
Jun 12, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	31 min
Jun 12, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	42 min
Jun 12, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Larue, Nelson, Spencer	37 min
Jun 12, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson	30 min
Jun 12, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	9 min
Jun 12, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	25 min
Jun 12, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	35 min
Jun 12, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	45 min
Jun 12, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	35 min
Jun 12, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Franklin, Marion, Mercer, Taylor and 2 more	45 min
Jun 12, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Washington	31 min
Jun 12, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Washington	113 min
Jun 12, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Ohio	63 min
Jun 12, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Mercer	47 min
Jun 11, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois, Perry	55 min
Jun 12, 9:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Dubois	3 hr
Jun 12, 11:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Dubois	3 hr
Jun 12, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	41 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.