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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Louisville, KY

May 29, 2012Jefferson County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2012, 8:32 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 15 reports 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: May 29, 2012, 8:32 AM EDT (12:32 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 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
May 29, 9:05 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Louisville, KY	FLOODING NEAR U OF L ON CENTRAL AVE
May 29, 9:06 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Shively, KY	FLOODING ALONG CANE RUN ROAD BETWEEN ALGONQUIN PARKWAY AND BELLS LANE
May 29, 9:22 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Louisville, KY	WATER RESCUE AT HILL STREET UNDERPASS NEAR 7TH STREET
May 29, 9:23 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Louisville, KY	SEVERAL CARS SURROUND BY WATER AT ARTHUR STREET EXIT BY I-65
May 29, 9:31 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Louisville, KY	WATER RESCUE AT 9TH AND MAGNOLIA
May 29, 9:34 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	St. Matthews, KY	CAR FLOODED ON LEXINGTON ROAD
May 29, 9:35 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.5	5 Ne Jeffersonville, IN
May 29, 9:38 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.44	Shively, KY	MSD SHIVELY PUMPING STATION
May 29, 9:40 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.29	2 N Shively, KY	MSD MORRIS FOREMAN PUMPING STATION
May 29, 9:59 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N New Albany, IN	GRANT LINE ROAD FLOODED NEAR VFW
May 29, 10:04 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Sw Louisville, KY	WATER RESCUE AT CORNER OF LOWELL AVE AND TYLER LANE
May 29, 10:04 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Sw Louisville, KY	WATER RESCUE AT CORNER OF LOWELL LANE AND TYLER LANE
May 29, 10:12 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.67	Louisville, KY	IN HIGHLANDS AREA
May 29, 10:13 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.03	2 Se Louisville, KY	MSD NIGHTINGALE PUMPING STATION
May 29, 10:15 AM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.04	Pleasure Ridge Park, KY	MSD GAGE NEAR FIRE TRAINING CENTER

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 1782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

504 
WGUS53 KLMK 291232
FFWLMK
INC019-043-KYC111-291530-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0014.120529T1232Z-120529T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
832 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 827 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...JEFFERSONVILLE...NEW ALBANY...
  HIGHVIEW...FAIRDALE...LOUISVILLE...

  IN ADDITION...GEORGETOWN...CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT AND SELLERSBURG
  ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

  FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
  SOUTHERN DITCH OVERFLOWS ONTO MINORS LANE.
  WILSON CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO FAIRDALE ROAD.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3840 8563 3838 8564 3836 8562 3811 8561
      3805 8591 3807 8592 3809 8590 3818 8590
      3819 8596 3826 8595 3828 8599 3830 8599
      3833 8603 3842 8603 3850 8563

$$

RAS

1 follow-up statement

713 
WGUS73 KLMK 291353
FFSLMK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
953 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

INC019-043-KYC111-291530-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120529T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-JEFFERSON KY-
953 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
WESTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHWESTERN CLARK AND FLOYD COUNTIES...

AT 945 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAD TAPERED OFF TO LIGHT RAIN WEST OF 
INTERSTATE 65. HOWEVER NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED...WITH MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES AND WATER RESCUES IN 
PROGRESS. THE HARDEST HIT AREA IS FROM NEAR SHIVELY TO OLD 
LOUISVILLE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE CAMPUS. LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ADVISES RESIDENTS TO AVOID THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AREA. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSONVILLE...
  NEW ALBANY...
  HIGHVIEW...
  FAIRDALE...
  LOUISVILLE...

  IN ADDITION...GEORGETOWN...CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT AND SELLERSBURG
  ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

  FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
  SOUTHERN DITCH OVERFLOWS ONTO MINORS LANE.
  WILSON CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO FAIRDALE ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3840 8563 3838 8564 3836 8562 3811 8561
      3805 8591 3807 8592 3809 8590 3818 8590
      3819 8596 3826 8595 3828 8599 3830 8599
      3833 8603 3842 8603 3850 8563

$$

RAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 5:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	33 min
May 29, 5:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	42 min
May 29, 6:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	37 min
May 29, 7:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	37 min
May 29, 7:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	34 min
May 29, 7:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	31 min
May 29, 7:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	29 min
May 29, 7:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	53 min
May 29, 8:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
May 29, 8:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	28 min
May 29, 8:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	84 min
May 29, 8:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	82 min
May 29, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	30 min
May 29, 9:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	43 min
May 29, 9:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	3 hr
May 29, 9:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	2 hr
May 29, 10:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	30 min
May 29, 10:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer and 1 more	44 min
May 29, 10:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	30 min
May 29, 11:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	38 min
May 29, 11:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	4 hr
May 29, 11:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Ohio	3 hr
May 29, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	59 min
May 29, 12:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	48 min
May 29, 12:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	3 hr
May 29, 12:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	30 min
May 29, 1:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	2 hr
May 29, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	49 min
May 29, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	46 min
May 29, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	30 min
May 29, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	35 min
May 29, 4:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	35 min
May 29, 4:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	37 min
May 29, 4:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Orange	23 min
May 29, 5:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	38 min
May 29, 6:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	24 min
May 29, 6:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd	32 min
May 29, 6:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd	30 min
May 29, 7:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Floyd	33 min
May 29, 10:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	3 hr

Nearby

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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.