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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2011, 7:51 AM EDT for Crawford County, Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 5 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
- Apr 23, 2011, 7:51 AM EDT (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Meade County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
866
WGUS53 KLMK 231151
FFWLMK
INC025-061-KYC163-231715-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0019.110423T1151Z-110423T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
751 AM EDT SAT APR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 748 AM EDT...MORE SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. RADAR INDICATES ONE TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING 4 INCHES. ANOTHER HALF TO ONE
INCH OF RAIN WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CORYDON...BRANDENBURG...
IN ADDITION...ROBERTA...CEDAR FLAT AND CAREFREE ARE INCLUDED IN
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3841 8604 3833 8603 3825 8596 3818 8596
3818 8591 3805 8592 3800 8601 3787 8599
3783 8601 3782 8603 3781 8616 3805 8650
3808 8644 3813 8647 3811 8640 3829 8638
3830 8627 3833 8629 3835 8625 3842 8626
$$
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, 12:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 8 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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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.