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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2022, 12:59 PM EDT for Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 6, 2022, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2022, 3:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Scott County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
039
WGUS53 KLMK 061659
FFWLMK
KYC209-062000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0021.220806T1659Z-220806T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1259 PM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Scott County in central Kentucky...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 1259 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 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...
Sadieville, Double Culvert, Porter, Stonewall, Josephine and Davis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 8459 3847 8455 3844 8453 3843 8453
3843 8451 3837 8446 3834 8448 3834 8454
3838 8470 3842 8465 3843 8462
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DM1 follow-up statement
785
WGUS73 KLMK 061929
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
329 PM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022
KYC209-061939-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220806T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Scott KY-
329 PM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT Saturday for
portions of east central Kentucky, north central Kentucky and south
central Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3846 8459 3847 8455 3844 8453 3843 8453
3843 8451 3837 8446 3834 8448 3834 8454
3838 8470 3842 8465 3843 8462
$$
DMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 10:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 11:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 12:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Woodford | 20 min |
| Aug 6, 12:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 12:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Woodford | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 14 min |
| Aug 6, 12:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Scott | 19 min |
| Aug 6, 12:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:12 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 1:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 18 min |
| Aug 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Nelson | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor, Washington | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Marion, Taylor | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.