Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 1990, 9:19 PM EDT for Bath County, Montgomery County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1990, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1990, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bath County, KY, Montgomery 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 KLEX 220119
FFWLEX
KYC011-173-220415-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
919 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY
BATH...MONTGOMERY
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH
MONTGOMERY AND BATH COUNTIES THIS EVENING AT 915 PM. THERE WERE
LOCATIONS IN THESE COUNTIES THAT HAD RECEIVED MORE THAN 2 INCHES
OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
THESE AREAS AFFECTING ALL LOW LYING AREAS IN BOTH COUNTIES TONIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT
CAN BECOME DEADLY WHEN SWOLLEN BY HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS WHEN HEAVY RAIN THREATENS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
ULLOMWhat 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, 7:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 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, 2 hours 3 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
Special weather statement, May 21, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KYZ004-220210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 810 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SPENCER COUNTY... ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 8 PM EDT HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA. RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN LOUISVILLE IN THE PAST 4 HOURS AND SOME AREAS HAVE REPORTED MORE RAINFALL. WATER IS PONDIND IN LOW AREAS AND SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AND UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY ACRSSO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO THE WEST OF LOUISV3ILLE BY 9 PM BUT WILL CONTINUE TO THE EAST THROUGH 10 PM EDT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS COVERED WITH WATER. STAY AWAY FROM CREEKS AND SMALL STEAMS AS WATER WILL RISE RAPIDLY. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, May 21, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour before
KYZ009-220210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 817 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 8 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM EAST OF LIBERTY TO NEAR ALBANY...ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST TO SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN EASTERN CASEY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS ...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR RICHMOND...EAST OF SOMERSET AND WEST OF WHITLEY CITY BY 9 PM EDT. STAY ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UN<USUALLY THREATENING. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, May 21, 9:11 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
KYZ009-220310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 810 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 9 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM 25 MILES NORTEAST OF SOMERSET...NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET NEAR MONTICELLO. THESE THEUNDESTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOuME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE LONDON...WHITELY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG AREAS BY 1030 PM EDT. STAY ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, May 21, 9:16 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
KYZ004-220310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 915 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990 ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER TO THE EAST OF LOUISVILLE... AT 9 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TO THE EAST OF LOUISVILLE. LIGHTER RAINFALL CONTINUED FROM LOUISVILLE WEST AND OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. TO THE EAST OF LOUISIVILLE...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AND UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY END WEST OF LOUISVILLE AND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TO THE EAST THROUGH 11 PM EDT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS COVERED WITH WATER. STAY AWAY FROM CREEKSx AND SMALL STEAMS AS WATER WILL RISE RAPIDLY. SCHOLZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 45 min |
| May 21, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 60 min |
| May 21, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 50 min |
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.