Alert archive / Kentucky / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this red flag warning at Jun 27, 2012, 12:24 PM CDT for 49 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jun 28, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 27, 2012, 12:24 PM CDT (17:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
All 59 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 2225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
387 WWUS83 KLMK 271724 RFWLMK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 124 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR THURSDAY... .STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CREATE A VERY HOT AND DRY ENVIRONMENT OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT SMALL FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS TO CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. ON THURSDAY... SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL POSE AN ENHANCED DANGER OF WILDLAND FIRES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280130- /O.UPG.KLMK.FW.A.0001.120628T1500Z-120629T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FW.W.0002.120628T1500Z-120629T0100Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-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- 124 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 /1224 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...MID MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ MJ
3 follow-up statements
776 WWUS83 KLMK 280127 RFWLMK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 927 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR THURSDAY... .STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CREATE A VERY HOT AND DRY ENVIRONMENT OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT SMALL FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS TO CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. ON THURSDAY... SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL POSE AN ENHANCED DANGER OF WILDLAND FIRES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280900- /O.CON.KLMK.FW.W.0002.120628T1500Z-120629T0100Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-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- 927 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 /827 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...MID MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ 13
342 WWUS83 KLMK 280745 RFWLMK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY TODAY... .STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CREATE A VERY HOT AND DRY ENVIRONMENT OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT SMALL FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS TO CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL POSE AN ENHANCED DANGER OF WILDLAND FIRES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-281545- /O.CON.KLMK.FW.W.0002.120628T1500Z-120629T0100Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-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- 345 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 /245 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...MID-MORNING TODAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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
288 WWUS83 KLMK 281331 RFWLMK URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 931 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY TODAY... .STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CREATE A VERY HOT AND DRY ENVIRONMENT OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT SMALL FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS TO CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL POSE AN ENHANCED DANGER OF WILDLAND FIRES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-290100- /O.CON.KLMK.FW.W.0002.120628T1500Z-120629T0100Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-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- 931 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2012 /831 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...MID-MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDFIRES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:48 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 4 days |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Indiana, 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.