Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 29, 2012, 12:55 PM CST for 5 counties in 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 12:55 PM CST (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:33 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
842
WGUS53 KLMK 291855
FFWLMK
KYC001-045-079-137-151-292145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0004.120229T1855Z-120229T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
155 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 445 PM EST/345 PM CST/
* AT 148 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 1 TO 2 HOURS OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF
CASEY AND LINCOLN COUNTIES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...STANFORD...LIBERTY...MANSE...
CARTERSVILLE AND WALLACETON.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
A BRANCH OF KNOB LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO KNOB LICK ROAD.
BRUSHY FORK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO BOONE STREET AT VALLEY STREET.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3756 8416 3752 8420 3751 8426 3753 8434
3747 8438 3748 8444 3733 8450 3735 8456
3728 8465 3718 8507 3721 8532 3726 8526
3727 8519 3738 8513 3741 8505 3745 8504
3766 8411 3763 8412 3756 8409
$$
TWF2 follow-up statements
028
WGUS73 KLMK 292000
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC001-045-079-137-151-292145-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120229T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN KY-MADISON KY-ADAIR KY-CASEY KY-GARRARD KY-
300 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST/345 PM
CST/ FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARRARD...CASEY...NORTHEASTERN ADAIR...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 253 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD TEMPORARILY MOVED JUST EAST OF THE WARNED
AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WHICH
SHOULD MOVE EAST OVER THE WARNED AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AS A
RESULT...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANFORD...
LIBERTY...
IN ADDITION...MIDDLETOWN...HIGHLAND AND DULUTH ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
A BRANCH OF KNOB LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO KNOB LICK ROAD.
BRUSHY FORK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO BOONE STREET AT VALLEY STREET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3756 8416 3752 8420 3751 8426 3753 8434
3747 8438 3748 8444 3733 8450 3735 8456
3728 8465 3718 8507 3721 8532 3726 8526
3727 8519 3738 8513 3741 8505 3745 8504
3766 8411 3763 8412 3756 8409
$$
TWF723
WGUS73 KLMK 292133
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
433 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC001-045-079-137-151-292142-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120229T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN KY-MADISON KY-ADAIR KY-CASEY KY-GARRARD KY-
433 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GARRARD...CASEY...NORTHEASTERN ADAIR...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND
LINCOLN COUNTIES...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. ONLY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM EDT. CALLS
TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATE NO MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS.
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3756 8416 3752 8420 3751 8426 3753 8434
3747 8438 3748 8444 3733 8450 3735 8456
3728 8465 3718 8507 3721 8532 3726 8526
3727 8519 3738 8513 3741 8505 3745 8504
3766 8411 3763 8412 3756 8409
$$
TWFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 12:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 52 min |
| Feb 29, 1:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade, Nelson, Shelby and 2 more | 57 min |
| Feb 29, 1:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Larue | 52 min |
| Feb 29, 2:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Mercer, Nelson and 1 more | 38 min |
| Feb 29, 2:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 50 min |
| Feb 29, 6:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 6:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 43 min |
| Feb 29, 6:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 6:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 6:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 7:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 7:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio | 19 min |
| Feb 29, 7:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 7:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 7:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 7:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 22 min |
| Feb 29, 7:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 30 min |
| Feb 29, 7:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 7:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 7:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 7:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 33 min |
| Feb 29, 7:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 22 min |
| Feb 29, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Scott, Shelby | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 7:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 8:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 8:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 8:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 20 min |
| Feb 29, 8:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Mercer, Nelson, Scott and 2 more | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 8:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 8:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 20 min |
| Feb 29, 8:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 8:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Nicholas | 13 min |
| Feb 29, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 20 min |
| Feb 29, 8:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 8:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 8:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Larue | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 8:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 8:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 9:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 9:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 12 min |
| Feb 29, 9:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 9:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 9:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 9:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 9:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 9:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 10:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 10:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan | 27 min |
| Feb 29, 10:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 10:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 10:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 10:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 10:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 10:59 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 11:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 11:02 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Hardin, Jessamine, Larue, Marion and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 11:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 11:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 11:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 11:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 11:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 13 min |
| Feb 29, 11:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 11:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 11:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 30 min |
| Feb 29, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 10 min |
| Feb 29, 12:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Taylor | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 12:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 12:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 12:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 1:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 1:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 22 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.