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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY

June 9, 2026Bullitt County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2026, 12:06 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Nelson 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
Jun 9, 2026, 12:06 PM EDT (16:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2026, 2:43 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2026-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 696 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2026-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
696 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 9, 11:18 AM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 11:18 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Louisville KY
930 AM EDT Tue Jun 9 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0837 AM     Rain             5 ENE Allendale         37.41N 85.50W
06/09/2026  M4.45 Inch       Taylor             KY   Public

            Personal Weather Station, Davis Weatherlink.

&&

CG
Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1002 AM EDT Tue Jun 9 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0821 AM     Flash Flood      4 SSE Summersville      37.27N 85.59W
06/09/2026                   Green              KY   911 Call Center

            Flash flooding reported at the intersection
            of KY Hwy 88 and KY 1464.

&&

CAL
Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1004 AM EDT Tue Jun 9 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 AM     Flash Flood      3 NNE Pierce            37.23N 85.60W
06/09/2026                   Green              KY   911 Call Center

            Flash flooding reported on Grab Rd.

&&

CAL
Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:54 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan, Warren50 min
Jun 8, 11:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan, Simpson41 min
Jun 9, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson45 min
Jun 9, 12:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Logan3 hr
Jun 9, 1:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Ohio3 hr
Jun 9, 2:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Warren3 hr
Jun 9, 3:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKButler3 hr
Jun 9, 3:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio4 hr
Jun 9, 4:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin and 2 more4 hr
Jun 9, 4:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Hart4 hr
Jun 9, 7:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Taylor3 hr
Jun 9, 7:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Casey, Grayson, Green, Hardin and 7 more3 hr
Jun 9, 8:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Taylor3 hr
Jun 9, 8:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge3 hr
Jun 9, 8:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBullitt, Nelson, Washington3 hr
Jun 9, 8:41 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Hart2 hr
Jun 9, 8:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade34 min
Jun 9, 9:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin4 hr
Jun 9, 9:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Hancock, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade and 3 more3 hr
Jun 9, 9:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard and 7 more5 hr
Jun 9, 9:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKShelby, Spencer3 hr
Jun 9, 10:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Taylor3 hr
Jun 9, 10:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson3 hr
Jun 9, 10:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion, Washington3 hr
Jun 9, 10:41 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Taylor5 hr
Jun 9, 10:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette4 hr
Jun 9, 12:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin, Woodford2 hr
Jun 9, 12:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson and 3 more2 hr
Jun 9, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Taylor42 min
Jun 9, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor30 min
Jun 9, 1:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKLarue85 min
Jun 9, 1:40 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKJefferson3 hr
Jun 9, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey44 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson50 min
Jun 9, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan50 min
Jun 9, 3:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAllen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and 1 more4 hr
Jun 9, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Warren48 min
Jun 9, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren42 min
Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWarren86 min
Jun 9, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen45 min
Jun 9, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren, Monroe43 min
Jun 9, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan46 min
Jun 9, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland44 min
Jun 9, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan93 min
Jun 9, 9:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Perry48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2026Every flash flood warning in 2026

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.