Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:50 PM EST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:50 PM EST (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:58 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Stanford, KY | FLASH FLOODING RESULTING FROM THE TRAINING OF STORMS HAS CLOSED 3RD STREET IN STANFORD. |
| Mar 2, 7:20 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Richmond, KY | FLASH FLOODING HAS CLOSED TWO ROADS SOUTH OF RICHMOND. THESE ROADS ARE STATE HIGHWAY 25 NEAR THE OKONITE FACTORY...AND THE INTERSECTION OF CAL EAST AND MILLS STATION ROADS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
981
WGUS53 KLMK 022350
FFWLMK
KYC021-045-079-137-151-030245-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0007.120302T2350Z-120303T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
650 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 945 PM EST
* AT 644 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF
RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...
STANFORD...
IN ADDITION...WHITES...THREE FORKS AND TEATERSVILLE ARE INCLUDED IN
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
PAINT LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO DRY BRANCH ROAD.
A BRANCH OF KNOB LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO KNOB LICK 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.
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 3773 8409 3767 8409 3764 8412 3759 8410
3743 8504 3760 8503 3780 8408 3779 8408
3778 8410 3777 8408 3775 8407
$$
AMS1 follow-up statement
470
WGUS73 KLMK 030033
FFSLMK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
733 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC021-045-079-137-151-030245-
/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120303T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN KY-MADISON KY-BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-GARRARD KY-
733 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EST FOR
CENTRAL GARRARD...NORTHERN CASEY...SOUTHERN BOYLE...SOUTHERN MADISON
AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 726 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MADISON COUNTY REPORTED
WATER OVER TWO ROADS JUST SOUTH OF RICHMOND. IN LINCOLN COUNTY...3RD
STREET IN STANFORD WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. THE STORMS THAT HAVE
PRODUCED THE FLOODING HAVE ENDED. NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED AND
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO EASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...
RICHMOND...
STANFORD...
IN ADDITION...THREE FORKS...TEATERSVILLE AND ELLISTON ARE INCLUDED
IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...
PAINT LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO DRY BRANCH ROAD.
A BRANCH OF KNOB LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO KNOB LICK ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE
AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN KENTUCKY.
&&
LAT...LON 3773 8409 3767 8409 3764 8412 3759 8410
3743 8504 3760 8503 3780 8408 3779 8408
3778 8410 3777 8408 3775 8407
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 4:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 4:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Meade | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 6:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 6:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 7:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 7:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 8:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 8:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 8:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 8:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 8:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 8:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 8:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 9:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 9:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 9:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 9:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 9:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 3:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 3:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 3:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Spencer | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 4:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 4:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 4:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 4:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas | 16 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 11 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 5:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Warren | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 12 min |
| Mar 2, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Nicholas, Scott | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 5:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 5:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor | 9 min |
| Mar 2, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 5:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Madison | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 5:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Metcalfe, Russell | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.