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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT for Larue County, Marion County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 62 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 24, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 6:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Larue County, KY, Marion County, KY, Nelson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
839 WGUS53 KLMK 242116 FFWLMK KYC123-155-179-250015- /O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0023.120724T2116Z-120725T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 516 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LARUE... SOUTHERN NELSON AND WESTERN MARION COUNTIES...INCLUDING HOWARDSTOWN AND GETHSEMANE. FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING... SLATE CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO HIGHWAY 527. PRATHER CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO HIGHWAY 527. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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. REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE. && LAT...LON 3757 8561 3765 8554 3756 8537 3747 8546 $$ AMS
1 follow-up statement
508 WGUS73 KLMK 242218 FFSLMK FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 618 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 KYC123-155-179-242227- /O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120725T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LARUE KY-MARION KY-NELSON KY- 618 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN NELSON... WESTERN MARION AND EASTERN LARUE COUNTIES... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ANY FLOODING THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED SHOULD BE RECEDING. REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3757 8561 3765 8554 3756 8537 3747 8546 $$ AMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson | 75 min |
| Jul 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Green, Larue, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 28 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.