Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2021, 12:22 AM EDT for Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 19, 2021, 12:22 AM EDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Trimble County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:25 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Bedford, KY | FLOODING AND DEBRIS IN ROADWAY ON US 42 NEAR RUBY DRIVE. |
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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 17.6
The text
As transmitted.
147
WGUS53 KLMK 190422
FFWLMK
KYC223-191015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0024.210619T0422Z-210619T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1222 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Trimble County in central Kentucky...
* Until 615 AM EDT.
* At 1222 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...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...
Madison, Bedford, Milton, Trout, Monitor and Wises Landing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 8544 3865 8543 3869 8546 3871 8545
3873 8543 3874 8542 3873 8537 3873 8533
3863 8523 3862 8523 3860 8521 3860 8522
3858 8521 3858 8518 3850 8528 3850 8531
3849 8531 3856 8542
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
BJS1 follow-up statement
712
WGUS73 KLMK 191016
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
616 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
KYC223-191026-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210619T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Trimble KY-
616 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TRIMBLE COUNTY...
Flood waters continue to recede. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM EDT for portions
of Indiana and north central Kentucky. Any additional heavy rain
could cause renewed flooding.
LAT...LON 3860 8544 3865 8543 3869 8546 3871 8545
3873 8543 3874 8542 3873 8537 3873 8533
3863 8523 3862 8523 3860 8521 3860 8522
3858 8521 3858 8518 3850 8528 3850 8531
3849 8531 3856 8542
$$
RASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 1:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 1:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 8:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham | 33 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.