Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT for Marion County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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 16, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Marion County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Saint Mary, KY | HWY 49 NEAR ARTHUR MATTINGLY ROAD WAS IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY (AND HAS SINCE REOPENED). |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
520
WGUS53 KLMK 162015
FFWLMK
KYC155-162215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0036.210716T2015Z-210716T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
415 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Marion County in central Kentucky...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 415 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. 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...
Loretto, Raywick, Burkes Spring, Saint Francis, Nerinx, Saint
Mary, Gandertown and Dant.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
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 3761 8547 3772 8542 3770 8539 3766 8537
3765 8534 3763 8526 3760 8524 3754 8547
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
MJ1 follow-up statement
347
WGUS73 KLMK 162213
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
613 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021
KYC155-162223-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210716T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Marion KY-
613 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Water will continue to recede across the
warned area over the next few hours.
LAT...LON 3761 8547 3772 8542 3770 8539 3766 8537
3765 8534 3763 8526 3760 8524 3754 8547
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 16 min |
| Jul 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 2:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey | 76 min |
| Jul 16, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Marion, Mercer, Taylor, Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Robertson | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green and 5 more | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion and 2 more | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 5:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Marion, Russell, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln | 45 min |
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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.