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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Hardin County, Kentucky. 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 8:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
549 WGUS53 KLMK 052115 FFWLMK KYC029-093-060010- /O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0026.120805T2115Z-120806T0010Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 515 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 810 PM EDT * AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BULLITT AND NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING BEECH GROVE AND PITTS POINT. PORTIONS OF I-65 JUST SOUTH OF BARDSTOWN JUNCTION ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING. FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA IN THIS WARNING... LONG LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS PUMPKIN ROAD. 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 3795 8591 3794 8565 3787 8569 3789 8592 $$ SCHOETTMER
2 follow-up statements
865 WGUS73 KLMK 052248 FFSLMK FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 648 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012 KYC029-093-060010- /O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120806T0010Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY- 648 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 810 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HARDIN AND CENTRAL BULLITT COUNTIES... AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...MODERATE SHOWERS AND STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BULLITT AND NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES....INCLUDING PITTS POINT...BEECH GROVE AND BARDSTOWN JUNCTION. FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING... A BRANCH OF LONG LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS BEACH GROVE ROAD. LONG LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS PUMPKIN ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE. && LAT...LON 3795 8591 3794 8565 3787 8569 3789 8592 $$ SCHOETTMER
300 WGUS73 KLMK 060005 FFSLMK FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 805 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012 KYC029-093-060015- /O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120806T0010Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY- 805 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 810 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HARDIN AND CENTRAL BULLITT COUNTIES... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND CALLS TO COUNTY DISPATCH HAVE YIELDED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS. REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE. LAT...LON 3795 8591 3794 8565 3787 8569 3789 8592 $$ SCHOETTMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 4:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 2 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.