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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

March 2, 2012Crawford County, Dubois County, Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 2012, 2:42 PM EST for Crawford County, Dubois County, Orange County, Indiana. 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
Mar 2, 2012, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 5:45 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Orange County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 245 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1667 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

701 
WGUS53 KLMK 021942
FFWLMK
INC025-037-117-022245-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0005.120302T1942Z-120302T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
242 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DUBOIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 237 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER 
DUBOIS...CRAWFORD AND ORANGE COUNTIES.  

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ENGLISH...JASPER...

  IN ADDITION...SCHNELLVILLE...YOUNGS CREEK AND WICKLIFFE ARE
  INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

  FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
  HUNLEY CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO LOW LYING AREA OF COUNTY ROAD 1100
  SOUTH.
  ELL CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO COUNTY ROAD 400 SOUTH JUST NORTH OF
  HUNTINGBURG.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF 
RAIN 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.

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 3846 8676 3850 8631 3842 8631 3842 8630
      3829 8630 3826 8669 3824 8673 3825 8679
      3822 8680 3820 8702 3821 8708 3841 8708

$$
JDG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 4:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKPerry26 min
Mar 2, 5:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison26 min
Mar 2, 5:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison64 min
Mar 2, 7:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFloyd30 min
Mar 2, 7:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington27 min
Mar 2, 9:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott, Washington36 min
Mar 2, 9:33 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois27 min
Mar 2, 10:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange25 min
Mar 2, 10:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison23 min
Mar 2, 10:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington25 min
Mar 2, 10:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott, Washington29 min
Mar 2, 11:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson17 min
Mar 2, 1:59 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois, Perry46 min
Mar 2, 2:16 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Orange44 min
Mar 2, 2:40 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyLMKClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington50 min
Mar 2, 2:42 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKDubois18 min
Mar 2, 2:58 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Orange17 min
Mar 2, 3:06 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington39 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Perry30 min
Mar 2, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry26 min
Mar 2, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Perry35 min
Mar 2, 3:26 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKPerry34 min
Mar 2, 3:33 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKPerry27 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott36 min
Mar 2, 3:41 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington34 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison25 min
Mar 2, 3:51 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark24 min
Mar 2, 3:53 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHarrison22 min
Mar 2, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington20 min
Mar 2, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott35 min
Mar 2, 4:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison30 min
Mar 2, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHarrison25 min
Mar 2, 4:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Crawford, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington3 hr

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.