Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2011, 7:23 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 89 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2011, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2011, 8:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fayette County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404
WGUS53 KLMK 072323
FFWLMK
KYC067-080215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0048.110707T2323Z-110708T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
723 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 719 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY STREET FLOODING FROM
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM YARNALLTON TO CENTERVILLE...MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CADENTOWN...CARDINAL HILL...CHEVY
CHASE...HIGHLANDS...MEADOWTHORPE...
IN ADDITION...BRACKTOWN...YARNALLTON AND COLUMBUS ARE INCLUDED IN
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3800 8466 3802 8466 3813 8462 3820 8441
3794 8432 3793 8434 3792 8433
$$
131 follow-up statement
204
WGUS73 KLMK 080052
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
852 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011
KYC067-080102-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110708T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE KY-
852 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FAYETTE COUNTY...
THE EARLIER STREET FLOODING HAD SUBSIDED AND NO HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE
AREA.
LAT...LON 3800 8466 3802 8466 3813 8462 3820 8441
3794 8432 3793 8434 3792 8433
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Fayette | 116 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.