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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2011, 12:05 AM EDT for Crawford County, Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana; Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 8 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2011, 12:05 AM EDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1:28 AM EDT | FLOOD | Tell City, IN | WEHT REPORTS S.R. 37 AS WELL AS OTHER SIDE STREETS FLOODED. DEPTH OF WATER ON ROAD UNKNOWN. |
| Apr 23, 3:50 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cannelton, IN | FLOODING IN CITY STREETS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102
WGUS53 KLMK 230405
FFWLMK
INC025-037-123-KYC027-091-231200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0010.110423T0405Z-110423T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1105 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY/800 AM EDT/
* AT 1058 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS
AND FROM ONGOING STORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...TELL CITY...HAWESVILLE...
IN ADDITION...MANNING CROSSING...CHENAULTT AND AMMONS ARE INCLUDED
IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA FROM MORE THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO THE WEST STILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8678 3810 8679 3813 8682 3819 8680
3820 8686 3827 8681 3829 8639 3811 8642
3813 8647 3807 8644 3805 8650 3800 8643
3786 8646 3780 8684 3783 8687 3782 8692
3788 8691 3790 8693 3789 8698 3793 8699
$$
AL2 follow-up statements
148
WGUS73 KLMK 230740
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
240 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2011
INC025-037-123-KYC027-091-231200-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110423T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-BRECKINRIDGE KY-HANCOCK KY-
240 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT/800 AM
EDT/ FOR NORTHERN HANCOCK...NORTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE...PERRY...
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN DUBOIS COUNTIES...
AT 238 AM CDT...A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER GIBSON
AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AND
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS EVEN MORE STORMS IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY WHICH EXTENDS BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE FROM TELL CITY TO CELINA. WITH A SATURATED GROUND
IN PLACE...MAJOR FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. REMEMBER TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TELL CITY...
HAWESVILLE...
IN ADDITION...SWITZER CROSSROADS...WEST FORK AND UNIONTOWN ARE
INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY
MORNING/600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
KENTUCKY.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8678 3810 8679 3813 8682 3819 8680
3820 8686 3827 8681 3829 8639 3811 8642
3813 8647 3807 8644 3805 8650 3800 8643
3786 8646 3780 8684 3783 8687 3782 8692
3788 8691 3790 8693 3789 8698 3793 8699
$$
JDG002
WGUS73 KLMK 230819
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
319 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2011
INC025-037-123-KYC027-091-231200-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110423T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-BRECKINRIDGE KY-HANCOCK KY-
319 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT/800 AM
EDT/ FOR NORTHERN HANCOCK...NORTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE...PERRY...
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN DUBOIS COUNTIES...
AT 313 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN
AND AROUND TELL CITY AND AROUND CANNELTON. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 6 AM FROM A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TELL CITY...
HAWESVILLE...
IN ADDITION...SWITZER CROSSROADS...WEST FORK AND UNIONTOWN ARE
INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY
MORNING/600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
KENTUCKY.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8678 3810 8679 3813 8682 3819 8680
3820 8686 3827 8681 3829 8639 3811 8642
3813 8647 3807 8644 3805 8650 3800 8643
3786 8646 3780 8684 3783 8687 3782 8692
3788 8691 3790 8693 3789 8698 3793 8699
$$
JDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 12:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Perry | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 12:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 13 min |
| Apr 23, 12:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 1:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 3:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 3:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 3:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Perry | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 4:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 4:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 12 days |
| Apr 23, 10:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 6 days |
| Apr 23, 10:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 3 days |
| Apr 23, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 11:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 12:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Jefferson, Orange, Scott, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 2:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 16 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 44 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 1:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 1:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Green, Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson and 2 more | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 2:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 2:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 2:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Mercer and 3 more | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 2:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 3:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 3:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 5:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Nelson, Scott, Spencer, Washington and 1 more | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 5:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer, Nelson, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 6:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 6:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 6:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette and 16 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 10:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 14 days |
| Apr 23, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 28 days |
| Apr 23, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 15 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 31 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 4:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford | 5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.