Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2011, 8:27 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2011, 8:27 AM EDT (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jefferson County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 491 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 609 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
950
WGUS53 KLMK 191227
FFWLMK
INC077-191530-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0008.110419T1227Z-110419T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
827 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
* AT 822 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING
STARTING TO DEVELOP FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM CANAAN TO
20 MILES WEST OF DEPUTY...DRIFTING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* THE STORMS PRODUCING THE FLOODING RAINS WILL AFFECT WIRT...
CHINA...WAKEFIELD...VOLGA AND SMYRNA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
AT 820 AM RESIDENTS REPORTED WATER STARTING TO AFFECT ROADWAYS AT
ROUTE 250 AND COUNTY ROAD 1000...ROUTE 7 AT BOYD ROAD...AND ROUTE 7
AT DAWSON SMITH ROAD.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 8521 3876 8520 3874 8569 3881 8570
3883 8563 3886 8563 3886 8559 3889 8558
3889 8556 3892 8555 3893 8523
$$
132 follow-up statements
114
WGUS73 KLMK 191341
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
941 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011
INC077-191530-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110419T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON IN-
941 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA...
AT 932 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. THOUGH THE RAIN
HAD LESSENED SIGNIFICANTLY AND ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED...IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR FLOODWATERS TO RECEDE.
LOCATIONS AT THE MOST RISK OF FLOODING INCLUDE EAST CAMP MEETING
ROAD AT INDIAN KENTUCK CREEK AND LOW LYING AREAS ON LEMON ROAD
BETWEEN BRYANTSBURG AND BARBERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODWATERS!
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 8521 3876 8520 3874 8569 3881 8570
3883 8563 3886 8563 3886 8559 3889 8558
3889 8556 3892 8555 3893 8523
$$
13303
WGUS73 KLMK 191436
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1036 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011
INC077-191530-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110419T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON IN-
1036 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 1032 AM EDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. THOUGH THE RAIN HAD LESSENED
SIGNIFICANTLY AND ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED...IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR FLOODWATERS TO RECEDE. ALSO...LOCAL
CREEKS ARE STILL ON THE RISE FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS AT THE MOST RISK OF FLOODING INCLUDE EAST CAMP MEETING
ROAD AT INDIAN KENTUCK CREEK AND LOW LYING AREAS ON LEMON ROAD
BETWEEN BRYANTSBURG AND BARBERVILLE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 8521 3876 8520 3874 8569 3881 8570
3883 8563 3886 8563 3886 8559 3889 8558
3889 8556 3892 8555 3893 8523
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 5:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 6:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 44 hr |
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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.