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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

February 28, 202112 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this areal flood warning at Feb 28, 2021, 4:20 PM CST for 12 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2021, 4:20 PM CST (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2021, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Logan County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 488 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Feb 28, 2:26 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:26 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 2:56 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 28, 1:57 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 2:12 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 28, 2:23 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:06 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 3:43 PM CST, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 3:57 PM CST, 23 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
Feb 27, 9:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	44 min
Feb 27, 10:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clinton	119 min
Feb 28, 4:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hancock, Jefferson, Meade, Ohio and 2 more	3 hr
Feb 28, 7:09 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	4 hr
Feb 28, 7:30 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Henry, Meade, Oldham, Trimble	4 hr
Feb 28, 8:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Scott	3 hr
Feb 28, 9:27 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	6 hr
Feb 28, 9:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	29 min
Feb 28, 9:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	5 days
Feb 28, 9:35 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt	25 hr
Feb 28, 9:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren	22 min
Feb 28, 9:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	45 hr
Feb 28, 9:43 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	17 hr
Feb 28, 9:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hart	4 days
Feb 28, 9:49 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	8 days
Feb 28, 9:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	11 days
Feb 28, 9:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	21 days
Feb 28, 9:55 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	8 hr
Feb 28, 9:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin	42 hr
Feb 28, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	6 days
Feb 28, 10:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine	6 days
Feb 28, 10:01 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	6 days
Feb 28, 10:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	7 days
Feb 28, 10:04 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	8 days
Feb 28, 10:06 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer	6 hr
Feb 28, 10:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	48 hr
Feb 28, 10:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Taylor	6 hr
Feb 28, 10:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	21 days
Feb 28, 10:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	26 hr
Feb 28, 10:55 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 11:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Shelby	6 hr
Feb 28, 1:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	30 min
Feb 28, 2:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	37 min
Feb 28, 2:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	6 hr
Feb 28, 2:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion and 3 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 5:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	38 min
Feb 28, 5:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	41 min
Feb 28, 5:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	4 hr
Feb 28, 1:49 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison, Washington	4 hr
Feb 28, 1:53 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	5 hr
Feb 28, 5:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison, Washington	14 hr

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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.