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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2011, 4:09 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Clark County, Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 88 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, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2011, 5:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
536
WGUS53 KLMK 122009
FFWLMK
KYC017-049-067-122315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0053.110712T2009Z-110712T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
409 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 406 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM
TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS LIKELY CAUSING
FLASH FLOODING.
* THE STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN
BOURBON COUNTIES...INCLUDING SILVER LAKE...STONY
POINT...SIDVILLE...RENICK AND ESCONDIDA.
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 3814 8430 3816 8422 3813 8417 3801 8422
3802 8435
$$
AMS1 follow-up statement
001
WGUS73 KLMK 122137 RRA
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
537 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011
KYC017-049-067-122148-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110712T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOURBON KY-CLARK KY-FAYETTE KY-
537 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN FAYETTE...
NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTIES...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3814 8430 3816 8422 3813 8417 3801 8422
3802 8435
$$
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, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 113 min |
| 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, 4:23 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.