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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

June 13, 2021Woodford County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2021, 5:27 PM EDT for Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2021, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 7:28 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

359 
WGUS53 KLMK 132127
FFWLMK
KYC239-132345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0022.210613T2127Z-210613T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
527 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Woodford County in central Kentucky...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 527 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Midway, Wallace, Bonita, Faywood and Pisgah.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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 3818 8468 3818 8465 3816 8466 3816 8465
      3812 8463 3813 8464 3812 8465 3811 8463
      3805 8465 3805 8467 3811 8474 3819 8472
      3817 8471 3818 8469 3817 8468

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

CJP

1 follow-up statement

059 
WGUS73 KLMK 132328
FFSLMK

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
728 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

KYC239-132338-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210613T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Woodford KY-
728 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD 
COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3818 8468 3818 8465 3816 8466 3816 8465
      3812 8463 3813 8464 3812 8465 3811 8463
      3805 8465 3805 8467 3811 8474 3819 8472
      3817 8471 3818 8469 3817 8468

$$

CJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	25 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
Jun 12, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
Jun 13, 3:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	25 min
Jun 13, 5:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	37 min
Jun 13, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	37 min
Jun 13, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	32 min
Jun 13, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Scott, Woodford	23 min
Jun 13, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	32 min
Jun 13, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	27 min
Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	28 min
Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Spencer	25 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Scott	36 min
Jun 13, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	31 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	38 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Scott, Woodford	29 min
Jun 13, 4:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Scott	4 hr
Jun 13, 4:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette, Scott, Woodford	41 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	23 min
Jun 13, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	35 min
Jun 13, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	26 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	25 min

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.