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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 25, 2021, 5:51 PM CST for Butler County, Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jan 25, 2021, 5:51 PM CST (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2021, 8:56 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Butler County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:10 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Morgantown, KY | MULTIPLE COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER, INCLUDING PORTIONS OF WOODBURY LOOP AND BROOKLYN CHAPEL ROAD. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
204
WGUS53 KLMK 252351
FFWLMK
KYC031-061-227-260400-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0001.210125T2351Z-210126T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
551 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Butler County in south central Kentucky...
West Central Edmonson County in south central Kentucky...
Northwestern Warren County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 1000 PM CST.
* At 550 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen since this morning. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Brownsville, Woodbury, Guy, Riverside, Benleo, Sugar Grove,
Youngtown, Dimple, Leetown and Reedyville.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely and have them relay your report to the National
Weather Service in Louisville.
&&
LAT...LON 3714 8691 3726 8637 3725 8629 3720 8625
3715 8642 3715 8643 3710 8648 3709 8664
3704 8682 3707 8694 3709 8690 3711 8690
3711 8689 3713 8690 3713 8691
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DLM1 follow-up statement
977
WGUS73 KLMK 260256
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
856 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021
KYC031-061-227-260306-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210126T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Butler KY-Edmonson KY-Warren KY-
856 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN BUTLER, WEST
CENTRAL EDMONSON AND NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3714 8691 3726 8637 3725 8629 3720 8625
3715 8642 3715 8643 3710 8648 3709 8664
3704 8682 3707 8694 3709 8690 3711 8690
3711 8689 3713 8690 3713 8691
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Green, Marion, Metcalfe and 3 more | 45 min |
| Jan 25, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 23 min |
| Jan 25, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jan 25, 4:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 26 min |
| Jan 25, 4:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Jan 25, 4:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Monroe | 28 min |
| Jan 25, 5:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 30 min |
| Jan 25, 5:13 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Logan, Monroe, Simpson, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:56 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Ohio | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.