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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Louisville, KY

July 12, 20114 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. 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: Jul 12, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2011, 4:51 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barren County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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
Jul 12, 2:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Knob Lick, KY	HIGHWAYS 1243...640...70...AND 314 CLOSED NEAR KNOB LICK DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.

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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

008 
WGUS53 KLMK 121900
FFWLMK
KYC009-087-099-169-122200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0050.110712T1900Z-110712T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
200 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN METCALFE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS.

* THE STORMS PRODUCING THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER 
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN BARREN...NORTHERN 
METCALFE...SOUTHEASTERN HART AND SOUTHWESTERN GREEN 
COUNTIES...INCLUDING WHICKERVILLE...WEBBS... THURLOW...GRAB AND 
DONANSBURG.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3703 8574 3710 8580 3718 8582 3728 8557
      3719 8550 3709 8553

$$

AMS

1 follow-up statement

466 
WGUS73 KLMK 122151
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
451 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

KYC009-087-099-169-122200-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110712T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
METCALFE KY-BARREN KY-GREEN KY-HART KY-
451 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HART...SOUTHWESTERN GREEN...NORTHEASTERN BARREN AND NORTHERN METCALFE
COUNTIES...

THE STRONG STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.  ALTHOUGH LIGHT SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY 
AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING...THE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH 
FLOODING THREATS HAVE ENDED.

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 3703 8574 3710 8580 3718 8582 3728 8557
      3719 8550 3709 8553

$$

AMS

The 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, 1:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Allen, Warren	106 min
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.