Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Watches in 2019
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jun 7, 2019, 2:19 AM CDT for 49 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jun 7, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 68 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2019, 2:19 AM CDT (07:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2019, 10:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Flood severity
- None
All 49 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 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 Jun 7, 2:15 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:15 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 327 PM EDT Thu Jun 6 2019 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-071930- 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 327 PM EDT Thu Jun 6 2019 /227 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2019/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered to numerous pulse thunderstorms are expected through late this evening. These slow moving storms could produce locally torrential downpours and flooding. Cloud to ground lightning is also a hazard. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Periods of showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday through Monday as a slow moving low pressure system moves through the outlook area. Localized heavy rainfall will be the primary weather hazard and repeated rainfall over areas may lead to localized flooding issues combined with slow movement of storms. Some strong thunderstorms are possible during the period, but organized severe weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall and any instances of flooding to the National Weather Service. BJS/CG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Russell, Taylor | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Dubois | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2019Every flash flood watch in 2019
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.