Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2021, 5:41 PM EDT for Clark County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 11, 2021, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clark County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
809
WGUS53 KLMK 112141
FFWLMK
KYC049-120100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0020.210611T2141Z-210612T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
541 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Clark County in central Kentucky...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 541 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Winchester, Ruckerville, Pinchem, Haggard, Agawam, Pilot View,
Hunt, Bloomingdale, Cotton Branch and Hedges.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely and have them relay your report to the National
Weather Service in Louisville.
&&
LAT...LON 3793 8434 3810 8408 3793 8397 3793 8398
3792 8398 3784 8402 3783 8404 3784 8404
3785 8406 3784 8406 3784 8408 3785 8408
3786 8409 3785 8411 3787 8413 3787 8415
3792 8427
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
MJ1 follow-up statement
122
WGUS73 KLMK 120001
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
801 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
KYC049-120011-
/O.CAN.KLMK.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210612T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clark KY-
801 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CLARK COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3793 8434 3810 8408 3793 8397 3793 8398
3792 8398 3784 8402 3783 8404 3784 8404
3785 8406 3784 8406 3784 8408 3785 8408
3786 8409 3785 8411 3787 8413 3787 8415
3792 8427
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Mercer | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Garrard, Lincoln, Mercer, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 47 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.