Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Jun 7, 1990, 5:01 AM EST (10:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1990, 8:00 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
601 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
          ...CRAWFORD...HARRISON...ORANGE...WASHINGTON
 
AT 555 AM EDT FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ENGLISH IN CRAWFORD
COUNTY INDIANA AND ALONG THE ORANGE...WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE NEAR
HARDINSBURG INDIANA. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE COUNTIES FOR
THE NEXT TWO HOURS OR SO.
 
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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
SCHOLZ

In the hours before

KYZ007-071030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
440 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH
EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING AT 430 AM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS
LINE WAS GENERALLY FROM PORTSMOUTH OHIO THROUGH FLEMINGSBURG AND
WINCHESTER THEN SOUTHWEST TO DANVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER FLEMING COUNTY NEAR FLEMINGSBURG...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON
...AND OVER SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY...24 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WERE PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

WITH THE HEAVY AND SUDDEN DOWNPOURS PRODUCED BY SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS THIS MORNING...YOU SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF PONDING AND STANDING
WATER ON AREA ROADS. POORLY DRAINING DITCHES AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS MAY ALSO
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF AREA ROADS.
ULLOM

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.