Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2021, 1:51 AM EDT for Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 5 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 19, 2021, 1:51 AM EDT (05:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Henry County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.
353
WGUS53 KLMK 190551
FFWLMK
KYC103-191045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FF.W.0026.210619T0551Z-210619T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
151 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Henry County in central Kentucky...
* Until 645 AM EDT.
* At 151 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch 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...
New Castle, Pleasureville, Campbellsburg, Franklinton, Bethlehem,
Delville, Slabtown, North Pleasureville, Lockport and Fallis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 8523 3848 8510 3852 8498 3851 8498
3849 8499 3847 8495 3846 8495 3843 8496
3843 8494 3845 8494 3846 8492 3845 8491
3844 8493 3843 8493 3842 8488 3839 8490
3838 8490 3834 8500 3835 8510 3851 8527
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RAS1 follow-up statement
006
WGUS73 KLMK 191040
FFSLMK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
640 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
KYC103-191050-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210619T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Henry KY-
640 AM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY...
Flood waters continue to recede. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM EDT for portions
of Indiana and north central Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3854 8523 3848 8510 3852 8498 3851 8498
3849 8499 3847 8495 3846 8495 3843 8496
3843 8494 3845 8494 3846 8492 3845 8491
3844 8493 3843 8493 3842 8488 3839 8490
3838 8490 3834 8500 3835 8510 3851 8527
$$
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, 12:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 6 hr |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.