Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2012, 10:35 AM EDT for Harrison 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
- May 29, 2012, 10:35 AM EDT (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Harrison County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545
WGUS53 KLMK 291435
FFWLMK
INC061-291730-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0016.120529T1435Z-120529T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1035 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT
* AT 1030 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER MEADE
COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HARRISON
COUNTY...INCLUDING TITUS...SUGAR GROVE...SEVEN SPRINGS...ROSEWOOD
AND NEW MIDDLETOWN.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
LAZY CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO 7985 TANDY ROAD.
MOSQUITO CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO DAM 43 ROAD BRIDGE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA...WHICH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS
MORNING.
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 3826 8595 3819 8596 3818 8590 3816 8591
3803 8592 3799 8603 3796 8604 3801 8608
3801 8611 3801 8618 3806 8627
$$
RAS2 follow-up statements
336
WGUS73 KLMK 291545
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1145 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
INC061-291730-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120529T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON IN-
1145 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY...
AT 1139 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...SOME PARTS OF SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED
AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL PERSIST
FOR A COUPLE HOURS AS THE WATER SLOWLY RECEDES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HARRISON
COUNTY....INCLUDING SUGAR GROVE...SEVEN SPRINGS...NEW MIDDLETOWN...
LOTTICK CORNER AND LANESVILLE.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
LAZY CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO 7985 TANDY ROAD.
MOSQUITO CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO DAM 43 ROAD BRIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 8595 3819 8596 3818 8590 3816 8591
3803 8592 3799 8603 3796 8604 3801 8608
3801 8611 3801 8618 3806 8627
$$
RAS539
WGUS73 KLMK 291733
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
133 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
INC061-291740-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120529T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON IN-
133 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY
INDIANA ...
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS FROM THIS MORNING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE
AREA. THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER INDICATES THAT THERE ARE NO
SIGNIFICANT FLOOD PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3826 8595 3819 8596 3818 8590 3816 8591
3803 8592 3799 8603 3796 8604 3801 8608
3801 8611 3801 8618 3806 8627
$$
TWFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 31 min |
| May 29, 7:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 53 min |
| May 29, 7:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 33 min |
| May 29, 8:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 3 hr |
| May 29, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 3 hr |
| May 29, 8:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 84 min |
| May 29, 8:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 82 min |
| May 29, 11:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 4 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.