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Flash Flood Warning 135, NWS Louisville, KY

September 11, 2026Green County, Hart County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2026, 1:49 AM CDT for Green County, Hart County, Taylor 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2026, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2026, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 283 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 335 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 1:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKGreen, Hart3 hr
Sep 11, 6:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade3 hr
Sep 11, 6:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin3 hr
Sep 11, 9:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Franklin, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford3 hr
Sep 11, 9:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford3 hr

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.