Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 1990, 7:35 PM EDT for Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1990, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1990, 8:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spencer 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 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 212335
FFWSDF
KYC215-220130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
735 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY
SPENCER
AT 720 PM EDT SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER FROM AN
ESTIMATED 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 3 PM. HIWAY 44 WEST OF
TAYLORSVILLE...15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...WAS FLOODED IN
SEVERAL PLACES...AS WAS HIWAY 55. SOME LOW SPOTS WERE COVERED BY
2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
REITMEYERWhat 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 21, 5:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
KYZ004-212310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 510 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...HEAVY RAINS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 5 PM EDT HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA. RAINFALL OF NEARLY 1 INCH HAS FALLEN AT STANDIFORD FIELD IN LOUISVILLE IN THE PAST HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW AREAS. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 8 PM EDT. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS COVERED WITH WATER. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
KYZ004-220010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 608 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...HEAVY RAINS ARE CONTINUE OVER THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 6 PM EDT HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA. RAINFALL OF 1.4 INCHES HAS FALLEN AT STANDIFORD FIELD IN LOUISVILLE IN THE PAST 2 1/4 HOURS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND IN UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 8 PM EDT. THE RAIN WILL HEAVY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS COVERED WITH WATER. STAY AWAY FROM RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KYZ004-220010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 608 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...HEAVY RAINS ARE CONTINUING OVER THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 6 PM EDT HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA. RAINFALL OF 1.4 INCHES HAS FALLEN AT STANDIFORD FIELD IN LOUISVILLE IN THE PAST 2 1/4 HOURS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND IN UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 8 PM EDT. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS COVERED WITH WATER. STAY AWAY FROM RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS. ...CORRECTION FOR TYPING MISTAKES.. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, May 21, 7:08 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
KYZ004-220110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 707 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...HEAVY RAINS ARE CONTINUING OVER THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 7 PM EDT HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA. RAINFALL OF 1 AND 3/4 INCHES HAS FALLEN AT STANDIFORD FIELD IN LOUISVILLE IN THE PAST 3 1/4 HOURS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND IN UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 9 PM EDT. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS COVERED WITH WATER. STAY AWAY FROM RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, May 21, 7:16 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
KYZ009-220110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 715 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 7 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM EAST OF LEBANON TO EAST OF CAMPBELLSVILLE TO NEAR TOMPKINSVILLE...ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST AND WEST OF SOMERSET. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR RICHMOND...SOMERSET AND MONTICELLO BY 815 PM EDT. STAY ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING. SCHOLZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 39 min |
| May 21, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Estill, Powell | 43 min |
| May 21, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 42 min |
| May 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson | 38 min |
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.