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Flash Flood Warning 105, NWS Louisville, KY

July 12, 2026Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2026, 11:47 AM EDT for Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 12, 2026, 11:47 AM EDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 12, 7:13 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 7:13 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 10:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 12, 10:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 12, 11:43 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 9:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBarren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe3 hr
Jul 11, 9:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKCumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe3 hr
Jul 12, 12:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBoyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hancock, Hardin, Larue and 6 more4 hr
Jul 12, 12:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson3 hr
Jul 12, 2:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison3 hr
Jul 12, 7:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHart, Larue4 hr
Jul 12, 7:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKOhio3 hr
Jul 12, 8:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler5 hr
Jul 12, 8:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKMarion3 hr
Jul 12, 9:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKGreen, Hart3 hr
Jul 12, 9:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHart4 hr
Jul 12, 9:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKGrayson, Hardin, Ohio3 hr
Jul 12, 10:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson4 hr
Jul 12, 10:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBoyle, Casey, Lincoln, Mercer4 hr
Jul 12, 11:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer3 hr
Jul 12, 11:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKEdmonson, Hart4 hr
Jul 12, 11:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKWashington3 hr
Jul 12, 11:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKEdmonson, Warren3 hr
Jul 12, 12:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon, Fayette, Scott3 hr
Jul 12, 1:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKFranklin, Henry, Shelby3 hr
Jul 12, 1:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKGrayson2 hr
Jul 12, 1:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hart2 hr
Jul 12, 2:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBarren3 hr
Jul 12, 2:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren3 hr
Jul 12, 3:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBarren, Cumberland, Metcalfe115 min
Jul 12, 6:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClinton, Cumberland3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2026Every flash flood warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.