Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2011, 3:52 AM EDT for Orange County, Scott County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 26, 2011, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Orange County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Mount Carmel, IN | WHITE RIVER ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS53 KLMK 260752
FFWLMK
INC117-143-175-261045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0045.110626T0752Z-110626T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
352 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 645 AM EDT
* AT 345 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN ORANGE COUNTY
REPORTED HAVING TO CLOSE ROADS DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 4
INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED OVER NORTHWEST ORANGE
COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...
IN ADDITION...PUMPKIN CENTER...HITCHCOCK AND WEST BADEN SPRINGS ARE
INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 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 3882 8568 3862 8566 3854 8669 3868 8669
3869 8661 3869 8632 3876 8629 3879 8621
3877 8614 3879 8608 3877 8604 3876 8590
3873 8588 3875 8584 3881 8580 3883 8573
$$
SCHOETTMER2 follow-up statements
310
WGUS73 KLMK 261002
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
602 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
INC143-261007-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110626T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCOTT IN-
602 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SCOTT COUNTY...
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3877 8604 3876 8590 3874 8589 3860 8589
3854 8669 3868 8669 3869 8661 3869 8632
3876 8629 3879 8620 3877 8614 3879 8608
$$
INC117-175-261045-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110626T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON IN-ORANGE IN-
602 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN ORANGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 555 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
REPORTED THAT WHITE RIVER ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING FROM
HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALEM...
PAOLI...
IN ADDITION...MCKINLEY IS INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
&&
LAT...LON 3877 8604 3876 8590 3874 8589 3860 8589
3854 8669 3868 8669 3869 8661 3869 8632
3876 8629 3879 8620 3877 8614 3879 8608
$$
SCHOETTMER208
WGUS73 KLMK 261043
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
643 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
INC117-175-261052-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110626T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON IN-ORANGE IN-
643 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
ORANGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER WHITE RIVER
ROAD IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY REMAINS CLOSED. WILL ISSUE A
FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA.
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3877 8604 3876 8590 3874 8589 3860 8589
3854 8669 3868 8669 3869 8661 3869 8632
3876 8629 3879 8620 3877 8614 3879 8608
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 2:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 3:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Perry | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 3:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 3:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd, Scott, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 4:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 4:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 6:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.