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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2011, 11:12 AM EDT for Bourbon County, Harrison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 79 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 19, 2011, 11:12 AM EDT (15:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2011, 12:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Harrison County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
554
WGUS53 KLMK 191512
FFWLMK
KYC017-097-191715-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0059.110719T1512Z-110719T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1112 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1105 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN HARRISON COUNTY KENTUCKY
REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED WITH FLOWING WATER OVER THEM IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. AT 1107 PM...THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER BOURBON COUNTY MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THESE
STORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN ONE
HOUR. THIS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW LYING
AREAS...AND UNDERPASSES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...PARIS...
IN ADDITION...SIDVILLE...NORTH MIDDLETOWN AND ESCONDIDA ARE
INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3806 8428 3809 8432 3809 8433 3810 8436
3816 8437 3818 8436 3821 8438 3821 8440
3835 8445 3841 8417 3837 8419 3835 8416
3831 8413 3812 8407
$$
TWF1 follow-up statement
625
WGUS73 KLMK 191631
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1231 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011
KYC017-097-191638-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110719T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOURBON KY-HARRISON KY-
1231 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN
HARRISON AND BOURBON COUNTIES...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA
AND DISSIPATED. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM BOURBON
COUNTY AT THIS TIME. AROUND NOON...SOME WATER REMAINED OVER A FEW
ROADS IN SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY...BUT THE WATER WAS SLOWLY
RECEDING WITH NO OTHER FLOODING EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3806 8428 3809 8432 3809 8433 3810 8436
3816 8437 3818 8436 3821 8438 3821 8440
3835 8445 3841 8417 3837 8419 3835 8416
3831 8413 3812 8407
$$
TWFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 9:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 5 days |
| Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Cumberland, Franklin, Green, Harrison and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 4:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 91 min |
| Jul 19, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 27 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.