Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2012, 8:32 AM CDT for 49 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2012, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 5:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
All 49 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 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, 1.5 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
- 2371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WWUS83 KLMK 101332 RFWLMK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 932 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-102145- /O.NEW.KLMK.FW.W.0001.120410T1700Z-120410T2300Z/ HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY- BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY- FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY- WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY- BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY- GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY- SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY- RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 932 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /832 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM NEAR 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S IN THE BLUEGRASS REGION TO THE MID 60S ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START TODAY COULD QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ RAS
2 follow-up statements
966 WWUS83 KLMK 101944 RFWLMK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 344 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-102300- /O.CON.KLMK.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120410T2300Z/ HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY- BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY- FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY- WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY- BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY- GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY- SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY- RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 344 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /244 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NEAR 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S IN THE BLUEGRASS REGION TO THE MID 60S ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT START TODAY COULD QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ RAS
603 WWUS83 KLMK 102259 RFWLMK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 659 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-110000- /O.CAN.KLMK.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120410T2300Z/ HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY- BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY- FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY- WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY- BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY- GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY- SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY- RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 659 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /559 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SURFACE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THEREFORE... THE HAZARDOUS BURNING CONDITION THREAT IS ENDING. $$ BJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:02 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:02 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark and 22 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.