Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2011, 3:44 PM EDT for Jessamine County, Kentucky. It was in force for 113 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, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2011, 5:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jessamine County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
022
WGUS53 KLMK 121944
FFWLMK
KYC113-122245-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0052.110712T1944Z-110712T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
344 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 338 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM A
SLOW MOVING STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAINFALL IS LIKELY
CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* THE STORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN JESSAMINE COUNTY...INCLUDING VINEYARD
AND WILMORE.
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 3774 8457 3779 8464 3779 8461 3780 8462
3781 8466 3780 8466 3782 8468 3783 8467
3783 8469 3788 8470 3786 8456
$$
AMS1 follow-up statement
435
WGUS73 KLMK 122137
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
537 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011
KYC113-122147-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110712T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JESSAMINE KY-
537 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN JESSAMINE
COUNTY...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3774 8457 3779 8464 3779 8461 3780 8462
3781 8466 3780 8466 3782 8468 3783 8467
3783 8469 3788 8470 3786 8456
$$
AMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:13 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LMK | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 27 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 1:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Marion, Taylor | 114 min |
| Jul 12, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Warren | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 2:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hart and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Warren | 106 min |
| Jul 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Barren, Hart | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 3:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hart | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 3:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 4:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Jessamine and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 88 min |
| Jul 12, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade, Nelson | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 109 min |
| Jul 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 98 min |
| Jul 12, 5:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 93 min |
| Jul 12, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 16 min |
| Jul 12, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:52 PM EDT | 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.