Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2012, 10:56 AM EDT for Anderson County, Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 114 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
- Jun 16, 2012, 10:56 AM EDT (14:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 12:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Anderson County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
791
WGUS53 KLMK 161456
FFWLMK
KYC005-211-215-161650-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0017.120616T1456Z-120616T1650Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1056 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1250 PM EDT
* AT 1049 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SHELBY AND EASTERN SPENCER COUNTIES INTO
SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY. LOCAL DISPATCH IN SHELBY COUNTY
REPORTED WATER OVER INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 28 AND 29 IN
WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO
15 MPH.
RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING
AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLE MOUNT BY 1105 AM EDT...
SOUTHVILLE BY 1115 AM EDT...
MOUNT EDEN BY 1130 AM EDT...
VAN BUREN BY 1140 AM EDT...
WAYSIDE BY 1150 AM EDT...
GLENSBORO BY NOON EDT...
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN SPENCER...
SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
OLIVE BRANCH...LITTLE MOUNT...SOUTHVILLE...MOUNT EDEN AND VAN
BUREN.
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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8502 3791 8513 3794 8516 3797 8517
3796 8521 3811 8543 3827 8540
$$
TWF2 follow-up statements
318
WGUS73 KLMK 161535
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1135 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
KYC005-211-215-161650-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120616T1650Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-
1135 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1250 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON...EASTERN SPENCER AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY
COUNTIES...
AT 1126 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED
AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
EARLIER...THESE STORMS CAUSED WATER TO COVER INTERSTATE 64 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 28 AND 29 IN WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY.
* THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT...
LITTLE MOUNT...SOUTHVILLE...
FINCHVILLE...MOUNT EDEN...
VAN BUREN...WAYSIDE...
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA IN THIS WARNING...
BRASHEARS CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO HIGHWAY 148 AROUND OLIVE BRANCH
DOOLANS ROAD.
A KENTUCKY MESONET STATION IN WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA HAS REPORTED 3.25 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA BEFORE STORMS BEGIN TO WEAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8502 3791 8513 3794 8516 3797 8517
3796 8521 3811 8543 3827 8540
$$
TWF192
WGUS73 KLMK 161644
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1244 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
KYC005-211-215-161650-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120616T1650Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-
1244 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1250 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ANDERSON...EASTERN SPENCER AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...
AT 1238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NO ADDITIONAL
FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME. THUS...THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT ANY PAST FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8502 3791 8513 3794 8516 3797 8517
3796 8521 3811 8543 3827 8540
$$
TWFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 8:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 8:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 91 min |
| Jun 16, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 9:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 10:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Shelby | 90 min |
| Jun 16, 12:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry | 77 min |
| Jun 16, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 31 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.