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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY

July 1, 2021Garrard County, Lincoln County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT for Garrard County, Lincoln County, Madison 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: Jul 1, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2021, 5:16 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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
Jul 1, 3:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Se Lancaster, KY	WATER OVER ROADWAY AT CRAB ORCHARD RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

827 
WGUS53 KLMK 011817
FFWLMK
KYC079-137-151-012130-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0033.210701T1817Z-210701T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
217 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Garrard County in central Kentucky...
  Northern Lincoln County in central Kentucky...
  Southern Madison County in central Kentucky...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 217 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are 
  possible in 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...
  Richmond, Stanford, Lancaster, Mccreary, Berea, Junction City, 
  Hustonville, Manse, Hackley and Paint Lick.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3765 8466 3764 8469 3765 8468 3767 8470
      3768 8468 3768 8470 3772 8470 3777 8408
      3767 8409 3764 8413 3757 8409 3756 8417
      3752 8420 3752 8427 3754 8435 3751 8436
      3746 8486 3755 8485 3763 8465

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JML

1 follow-up statement

551 
WGUS73 KLMK 012116
FFSLMK

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
516 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

KYC079-137-151-012126-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210701T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Garrard KY-Lincoln KY-Madison KY-
516 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GARRARD, NORTHERN LINCOLN 
AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...

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

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for portions 
of east central Kentucky, north central Kentucky and south central 
Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3765 8466 3764 8469 3765 8468 3767 8470
      3768 8468 3768 8470 3772 8470 3777 8408
      3767 8409 3764 8413 3757 8409 3756 8417
      3752 8420 3752 8427 3754 8435 3751 8436
      3746 8486 3755 8485 3763 8465

$$

BTN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 11:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine	23 min
Jun 30, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	47 min
Jun 30, 11:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	39 min
Jul 1, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	23 min
Jul 1, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	33 min
Jul 1, 3:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey and 24 more	16 hr
Jul 1, 7:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine	3 hr
Jul 1, 8:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine	7 hr
Jul 1, 9:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	3 hr
Jul 1, 9:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	6 hr
Jul 1, 11:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Jul 1, 11:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	4 hr
Jul 1, 12:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	4 hr
Jul 1, 1:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Spencer, Washington	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Washington	3 hr
Jul 1, 3:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine	2 hr
Jul 1, 3:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	3 hr
Jul 1, 3:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	3 hr
Jul 1, 3:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer	2 hr
Jul 1, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Washington	97 min
Jul 1, 6:43 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	28 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.