Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 12, 2006, 7:09 AM EST for Harrison County, Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 12, 2006, 7:09 AM EST (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 11:15 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Harrison County, KY, Scott County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLMK 121213
FFWLMK
KYC097-209-121615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
709 AM EST SUN MAR 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 1115 AM EST
* AT 706 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR ACROSS SATURATED GROUND.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CYNTHIANA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE
THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION MEDIA FOR DETAILS AND FURTHER UPDATES.
LAT...LON 3834 8474 3821 8473 3813 8465 3821 8444
3828 8444 3830 8433 3834 8426 3846 8411
3858 8423 3856 8440 3850 8453
$$
KIRKPATRICK2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KLMK 121329
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
828 AM EST SUN MAR 12 2006
KYC097-209-121615-
HARRISON KY-SCOTT KY-
828 AM EST SUN MAR 12 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM EST FOR SCOTT AND
HARRISON COUNTIES...
AT 824 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINS OVER MUCH OF THE BLUEGRASS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GEORGETOWN
AND CYNTHIANA.
EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE DROPPED SOUTH OF THE WARNED
AREA...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE STILL
POSSIBLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3834 8474 3821 8473 3813 8465 3821 8444
3828 8444 3830 8433 3834 8426 3846 8411
3858 8423 3856 8440 3850 8453
$$
CS000
WGUS73 KLMK 121625
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1118 AM EST SUN MAR 12 2006
KYC097-209-121628-
HARRISON KY-SCOTT KY-
1118 AM EST SUN MAR 12 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCOTT AND HARRISON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT
1115 AM EST...
STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE AT BANKFULL...BUT APPARENTLY THE RAIN WAS
NOT HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ANY FLOODING.
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AS DOES A FLOOD WATCH.
LAT...LON 3834 8474 3821 8473 3813 8465 3821 8444
3828 8444 3830 8433 3834 8426 3846 8411
3858 8423 3856 8440 3850 8453
$$
DKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 7:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 4:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 4:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 21 min |
| Mar 12, 6:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.