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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Louisville, KY

June 7, 201949 counties in Kentucky

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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, Jun 6, 2:27 PM CDT, 11 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
327 PM EDT Thu Jun 6 2019

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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Metcalfe3 hr
Jun 6, 7:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKWarren3 hr
Jun 6, 8:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKNicholas3 hr
Jun 6, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKNicholas3 hr
Jun 7, 9:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell3 hr
Jun 7, 9:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell5 hr
Jun 7, 11:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Russell, Taylor5 hr
Jun 7, 2:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell3 hr
Jun 7, 12:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKDubois3 hr

Nearby

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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.