Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2011, 3:51 PM EDT for Bracken County, Pendleton County, Robertson 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
- May 10, 2011, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bracken County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052
WGUS51 KILN 101951
FFWILN
KYC023-191-201-102245-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0016.110510T1951Z-110510T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
351 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
ROBERTSON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 345 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF PENDLETON AND BRACKEN COUNTIES...WITH
UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER ROBERTSON COUNTY.
* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER
INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM
THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
PENDLETON...ROBERTSON AND SOUTHERN BRACKEN COUNTIES...INCLUDING
ABIGAIL...ALHAMBRA...BERLIN...BROWNING CORNER...BURIKA...
GERMANTOWN...HITTVILLE...KENTONTOWN...MCKINNEYSBURG...MILFORD...
MITCHELLS MILL AND MOUNT OLIVET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA...
ALONG A CREEK...STREAM OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING FLOODING. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
&&
LAT...LON 3848 8417 3852 8419 3855 8417 3855 8421
3858 8421 3857 8428 3864 8430 3870 8422
3867 8396 3859 8399 3859 8397 3853 8396
3849 8393 3843 8399
$$
HATZOS1 follow-up statement
266
WGUS71 KILN 102246
FFSILN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
646 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011
KYC023-191-201-102256-
/O.EXP.KILN.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110510T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PENDLETON KY-ROBERTSON KY-BRACKEN KY-
646 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BRACKEN...ROBERTSON AND
CENTRAL PENDLETON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3848 8417 3852 8419 3855 8417 3855 8421
3858 8421 3857 8428 3864 8430 3870 8422
3867 8396 3859 8399 3859 8397 3853 8396
3849 8393 3843 8399
$$
HATZOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason, Robertson | 46 min |
| May 10, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 49 min |
| May 10, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson | 57 min |
| May 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 62 min |
| May 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 45 min |
| May 10, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 29 min |
| May 10, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 32 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.