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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 6:55 PM EST for Jefferson County, Scott County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 6:55 PM EST (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1990, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN
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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSDF 162357
FFWSDF
INC077-117-143-175-170300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
755 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH INDIANA
...JEFFERSON...ORANGE...SCOTT...WASHINGTON
AT 750 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 30 TO 40 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE
OVER THE SOUTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES OF SCOTT...WASHINGTON...ORANGE
AND JEFFERSON. HIGHWAY 150 BETWEEN PAOLI AND FRENCH LICK IN ORANGE
COUNTY IS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA...DUMPING
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN BY 1000 PM EDT.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDG9ES...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 UP 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, May 16, 3:30 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KYZ007-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 430 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING THRU PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT 430PM EDT RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER ANDERSON AND WOODFORD COUNTIES 15 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON AND ACROSS BOURBON HARRISON NICHOAS AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NiEAR 50 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL.
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:57 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
KYZ007-162130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 455PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 AT 455PM EDT RADAR INDICTED A THUNDERSTORM OVER NICHOLAS AND BOURBON COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY 20 TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT NEAR 45 MPH. NUMEROUS OTHER STORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND EXTENDED FROM FLEMING COUNTY 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON TO LEXINGTON AND SOUTHWEST TO MERCER COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. WINDS OF 36 MPH WERE RECORDED AT BLUE GRASS AIRPORT AT 436PM EDT.
Local storm report, May 16, 4:09 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990
TIME EVENT...AFTERNOON OF WED MAY 16
220 PM EDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND 30-40 MPH WINDS 25 NW LOUISVILLE
IN NORTHERN HARRISON CO. INDIANA. REPORTED BY
SELLERSBURG STATE POLICE.
314 PM EDT TREE LIMB FELL ON WIRES WHICH WERE THEN PUSHED
AGAINST A HOME IN THE LOUISVILLE SUBURB OF PLEASURE
RIDGE PARK. PEAK GUST OF 45 MPH RECORDED AT THE
NWS OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE AT 312 PM EDT.
318 PM EDT 40 MPH WINDS 20 NE LOUISVILLE NEAR CRESTWOOD KY...
OLDHAM CO. REPORT FROM LAGRANGE STATE POLICE.
KIRKPATRICKSpecial weather statement, May 16, 5:45 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 635 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT... AT 630 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...JUST NORTH OF CORYDON INDIANA AND ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...OLDHAM COUNTY IN KENTUCKY AND HARRISON COUNTY IN INDIANA BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. BE ALERT FOR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO INTO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:13 PM EST, 42 minutes before
KYZ007-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 710PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:36 PM EST, 19 minutes before
INZ015-KYZ004-170035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 735 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT... AT 730 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING METROPOLITAN LOUISVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM...LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN BULLITT COUNTIES...WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE CITY OF MOUNT WASHINGTON KENTUCKY IN NORTHEAST BULLITT COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. > BE ALERT FOR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS $GO INTO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KIRKPATRICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 3 hr |
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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.