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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

April 12, 20119 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2011, 3:27 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 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 12, 2011, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2011, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Allen County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Logan County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 12, 4:30 AM CDTFLOODHalfway, KYDISPATCH REPORTS ROAD CLOSURE ON KY 585 - OLD FRANKLIN ROAD BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 8
Apr 12, 4:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOODHalfway, KYDISPATCH REPORTS ROAD CLOSURE ON KY 585 - OLD FRANKLIN ROAD BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 8
Apr 12, 4:30 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.554 E Fordsville, KYREPORT FROM ASKIN... KY
Apr 12, 5:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.554 E Fordsville, KYREPORT FROM ASKIN... KY
Apr 12, 5:14 AM CDTFLOODBeaver Dam, KYROAD CLOSED AT HIGHWAY 62 AND LIBERTY ROAD IN BEAVER DAM PER DISPATCH
Apr 12, 7:35 AM CDTFLASH FLOODMorgantown, KYCOUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY. RICHLAND ROAD...DEXTERVILLE ROAD AND WOODBURY ROADS WERE ALL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
536 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

324 
WGUS53 KLMK 120827
FFWLMK
KYC003-027-031-061-085-141-183-213-227-121230-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0003.110412T0827Z-110412T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 318 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GREENWOOD...BOWLING GREEN...
  CRESTMOOR...DELAFIELD...HARTFORD...

  IN ADDITION...YEAMAN...VANZANT AND TOUSEY ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
  FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BEFORE ENDING TOWARD DAWN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 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 3748 8713 3763 8696 3767 8684 3770 8687
      3773 8684 3766 8662 3663 8600 3666 8708
      3707 8707 3708 8694 3712 8691 3713 8694
      3722 8691 3727 8699 3735 8703 3736 8709
      3734 8713

$$

DK
1 follow-up statement
579 
WGUS73 KLMK 121014
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
514 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011

KYC003-027-031-061-085-141-183-213-227-121230-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110412T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-WARREN KY-
LOGAN KY-ALLEN KY-SIMPSON KY-
514 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR
SIMPSON...ALLEN...LOGAN...WARREN...WESTERN EDMONSON...BUTLER...
WESTERN GRAYSON...OHIO AND SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENWOOD...
  BOWLING GREEN...
  CRESTMOOR...
  DELAFIELD...
  HARTFORD...

  IN ADDITION...MOUNT PLEASANT...HIGHVIEW AND YEAMAN ARE INCLUDED IN
  THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS BUTLER COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 
WATER AND HIGHWAY 62 AND LIBERTY ROAD IN BEAVER DAM ARE CLOSED. 

AT 456 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF BUTLER...WARREN AND 
ALLEN COUNTIES AS WELL AS WESTERN SECTIONS OF GRAYSON AND EDMONSON 
COUNTIES. LIGHTER RAINS WERE FALLING OVER LOGAN AND SIMPSON 
COUNTIES. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY OVER EASTERN 
PARTS OF BUTLER...WARREN AND ALLEN COUNTIES AS WELL AS WEST PARTS OF 
GRAYSON AND EDMONSON COUNTIES. RAIN WILL END OVER OHIO AND LOGAN 
COUNTIES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 8713 3763 8696 3767 8684 3770 8687
      3773 8684 3766 8662 3663 8600 3666 8708
      3707 8707 3708 8694 3712 8691 3713 8694
      3722 8691 3727 8699 3735 8703 3736 8709
      3734 8713

$$

DK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren, Metcalfe31 min
Apr 11, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe29 min
Apr 11, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKRussell24 min
Apr 12, 4:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKNicholas, Robertson3 days
Apr 12, 4:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKOhio66 hr
Apr 12, 6:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKBourbon48 hr
Apr 12, 6:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 9 more3 hr
Apr 12, 6:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard and 9 more3 hr
Apr 12, 6:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKNicholas3 hr
Apr 12, 6:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson and 7 more3 hr
Apr 12, 7:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHancock3 hr
Apr 12, 7:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue3 hr
Apr 12, 7:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Jessamine and 2 more3 hr
Apr 12, 7:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKHancock3 hr
Apr 12, 7:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKSpencer3 hr
Apr 12, 7:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren3 hr
Apr 12, 7:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMercer3 hr
Apr 12, 8:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWashington3 hr
Apr 12, 9:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHarrison45 hr
Apr 12, 9:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Russell and 1 more6 hr
Apr 12, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren21 hr
Apr 12, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHart61 hr
Apr 12, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKEdmonson4 days
Apr 12, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren6 days
Apr 12, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio8 days
Apr 12, 9:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Franklin and 10 more6 hr
Apr 12, 9:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson6 days
Apr 12, 10:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham4 days
Apr 12, 10:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Meade72 hr
Apr 12, 10:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock7 days
Apr 12, 10:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock27 days
Apr 12, 10:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAllen, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren6 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.