Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2012, 7:28 PM CDT for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 81 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 8:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hart County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 2341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468
WGUS53 KLMK 060028
FFWLMK
KYC099-060325-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0030.120806T0028Z-120806T0325Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
728 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1025 PM CDT
* AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMENENT FROM A
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3
INCHES OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOODING REPORTS HAVE OCCURRED WITH THESE
STORMS IN RADCLIFF AND ELIZABETHTOWN. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS
NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED DUE TO HYDROPLANING!
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MUNFORDVILLE...
IN ADDITION...PRICEVILLE IS INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA IN THIS WARNING...
BACON CREEK OVERFLOWS MUD BRANCH ROAD JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 728.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3719 8605 3722 8605 3725 8608 3735 8610
3735 8608 3734 8608 3735 8606 3739 8606
3740 8604 3731 8570 3728 8568 3718 8570
3717 8573
$$
SCHOETTMER1 follow-up statement
980
WGUS73 KLMK 060149
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
849 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2012
KYC099-060159-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120806T0325Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HART KY-
849 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HART COUNTY...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. NO FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.
LAT...LON 3719 8605 3722 8605 3725 8608 3735 8610
3735 8608 3734 8608 3735 8606 3739 8606
3740 8604 3731 8570 3728 8568 3718 8570
3717 8573
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 10:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Hardin | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 88 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.