Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2011, 1:32 PM CDT for Allen County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 106 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 12, 2011, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2011, 3:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 106 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
250
WGUS53 KLMK 121832
FFWLMK
KYC003-227-122130-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0049.110712T1832Z-110712T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
132 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. THIS RAINFALL IS LIKELY CAUSING FLOODING.
* THE STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN WARREN AND NORTHERN ALLEN
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THREE FORKS...MARTINSVILLE...KEPLER...POLKVILLE
AND HYDRO.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE FLOOD
WARNING 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3680 8621 3686 8634 3694 8632 3699 8627
3699 8615 3697 8615 3694 8617 3692 8616
3692 8618 3691 8616
$$
AMS1 follow-up statement
613
WGUS73 KLMK 122018
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
318 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011
KYC003-227-122028-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110712T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN KY-ALLEN KY-
318 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN ALLEN AND
EASTERN WARREN COUNTIES...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3680 8621 3686 8634 3694 8632 3699 8627
3699 8615 3697 8615 3694 8617 3692 8616
3692 8618 3691 8616
$$
AMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:13 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LMK | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 27 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 12:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Marion, Taylor | 114 min |
| Jul 12, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Warren | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 1:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hart and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Barren, Hart | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 2:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hart | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 113 min |
| Jul 12, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 3:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Jessamine and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 88 min |
| Jul 12, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade, Nelson | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 109 min |
| Jul 12, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 4:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 98 min |
| Jul 12, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 93 min |
| Jul 12, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 16 min |
| Jul 12, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade and 6 more | 53 min |
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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.