Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 10:53 PM EDT for Kenton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 10:53 PM EDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1990, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kenton County, KY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCVG 170253
FFWCVG
KYC015-077-117-170500-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1053 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
...BOONE...GALLATIN...KENTON
AT 1030 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE REPLACED
WITH OTHER STORMS WHICH CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND
MOVE TO THE EAST.
STATE ROUTE 467 WAS CLOSED AT BRIDGE 19 BETWEEN SPARTA AND GLENCO IN
GALLITIN COUNTY KENTUCKY AS EAGLE CREEK TOPPED ITS BANKS AT 10 PM EDT.
MUDSLIDES ALSO HAVE CLOSED STATE ROUTE 42 IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
THESE STORMS ARE VERY DANGEROUS. FLASH FLOODING CAN KILL. DO NOT CROSS
ROADS OR STREETS THAT HAVE BECOME SUBMERGED BY WATER.
MANUEL
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT :TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:53 PM EDT, 4 hours before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-162345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 655 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11PM EDT... AT 730 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA SOUTHEAST TO MIDWAY KENTUCKY WHICH IS 50 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE. THE HEAVIEST OF RAIN IS 15 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS RAIN AREA IS 90 MILES WIDE. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE CINCINNATI AREA AROUND 8 PM BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. PLEASE LISTEN TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KEENEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 7:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-162345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 745 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11PM EDT. AT 730 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. OTHER HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM MONTGOMERY TO CAMPBELLSBURG...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN WILL FALL OVER MUCH OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE BETWEEN NOW AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST OF THE SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY BEFORE 9 PM EDT FROM OWENTON TO DRY RIDGE AND SOUTH ALONG INTERSTATE 75. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MANUEL
Special weather statement, May 16, 8:53 PM EDT, 2 hours before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-160145 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 856 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11PM EDT. AT 830 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM FALMOUTH SOUTH TO LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. OTHER HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA FROM FRENCH LICK SOUTHEAST TO RICHMOND. HEAVY SHOWERS WERE ALSO FALLING OVER THE CINCINNATI AREA THEN EAST 75 MILES. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WILL BE MOVING EAST. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY BY 10PM. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTyY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. KEENEY
Special weather statement, May 16, 9:53 PM EDT, 1 hour before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-160245 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 955 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AT 930 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CINCINNATI SOUTHWEST TO MONTGOMERY INDIANA WHICH IS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPIBLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM TERRE HAUTE INDIANA EAST TO CHILLICOTHE OHIO. THE AREA WAS 60 MILES WIDE. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS GENERALLY TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNING AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST. KEENEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 2 hr |
| May 17, 1:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Pendleton | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.