Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 1990, 2:42 PM EST for Casey County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1990, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1990, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Casey 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 568 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 KSDF 031946 COR
FFWSDF
KYC045-032245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
242 PM EST SAT FEB 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY
CASEY
AT 235 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF
HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET NEAR LIBERTY IN CASEY
COUNTY. MORNING AND AFTERNOON RAINS HAVE PUSHED SMALL STREAMS
AND RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF LIBERTY.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK OVER LIBERTY AND
THE SURROUNDING AREA IN CASEY COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EST AS THE
RAIN MOVES NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
KIRKPATRICKWhat 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, Feb 3, 9:03 AM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
KYZ007-031600 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 900 AM EST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MANY AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED FROM 1/2 TO 3/4 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT AND MORE IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY TODAY AND TONIGHT. AT 900 AM THIS MORNING A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS COVERING ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING NEAR STREAMS OR RIVERS OR AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 11:17 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KYZ007-031800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 1115 AM EST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. MANY AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING AND MORE IS EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHT EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING NEAR STREAMS OR RIVERS OR AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. . STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 2:02 PM EST, 40 minutes before
KYZ007-032200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 200 PM EST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. MANY AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING AND MORE IS EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING NEAR STREAMS OR RIVERS OR AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGqHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. . STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION SZAPPANOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 5:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.