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Flood Watch 13, NWS Louisville, KY

August 8, 202234 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flood watch at Aug 8, 2022, 1:31 PM CDT for 34 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Aug 9, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2022, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 9, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2022, 10:07 PM CDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity
None
All 34 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 416 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2022-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 551 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2022-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Aug 7, 6:06 PM CDT, 19 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 6:06 PM CDT, 19 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 2:25 PM CDT, 23 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
325 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-081930-
Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison-
Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-
Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-
Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-Larue-Marion-Boyle-
Garrard-Madison-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln-
Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell-
Cumberland-Clinton-
Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper,
English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport,
Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield,
Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford,
Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana,
Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle,
Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester,
Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Morgantown,
Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty,
Stanford, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence,
Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown,
Burkesville, and Albany
325 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022 /225 PM CDT Sun Aug 7 2022/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A few storms may linger into the early overnight hours. These storms
will be capable of heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Thunderstorms will continue to be possible through much of next week.
Locally heavy rainfall will be the main threat with the storms, while
a few of the stronger storms could produce gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed to report flooding, gusty winds, or
hail.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

Storms today will move from west to east at 5 to 15 mph.

Any users of this storm motion must be aware that thunderstorm
activity can be erratic and constantly evolving. Please use this with
caution and be prepared for changing conditions.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and
climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville.

DM/CSG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson32 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.