Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1990, 7:18 AM EDT for Floyd County, Indiana; Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 7:18 AM EDT (11:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Floyd County, IN, Jefferson 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 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -215 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 KSDF 071120
FFWSDF
INC043-KYC111-071415-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
718 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH INDIANA
...FLOYD
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...JEFFERSON
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE LOUISVILLE
METROPOLITAN AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. THIS WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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 QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
HOLDERBACHWhat 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, Jun 7, 4:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KYZ007-071200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 600 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 12 NOON EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON. AT 550 AM...THERE WERE MAINLY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS REGION. THE ONLY AREAS NOT RECEIVING SHOWERS WAS THE COUNTIES OF ANDERSON...MERCER...BOYLE AND WOODFORD. THERE WAS AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THROUGH THE LOUISVILLE AREA THIS MORNING AT 545 AM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WAS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN MOST AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 7 PM. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AROUND THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED BY SOME OF THESE STORMS. SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. BE CAUTIOUS THIS MORNING< AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. ULLOM
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
KYZ007-071200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 600 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 12 NOON EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON. AT 550 AM...THERE WERE MAINLY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS REGION. THE ONLY AREAS NOT RECEIVING SHOWERS WAS THE COUNTIES OF ANDERSON...MERCER...BOYLE AND WOODFORD. THERE WAS AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THROUGH THE LOUISVILLE AREA THIS MORNING AT 545 AM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WAS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN MOST AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 7 AM. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AROUND THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED BY SOME OF THESE STORMS. SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. BE CAUTIOUS TAHIS MORNING AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. ULLOM ...CORRECTION TO THE LAST LINE OF PARAGRAPH 2...
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:18 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
KYZ007-071300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 718 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 12 NOON EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 12 NOON... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY BOTH UNTIL 12 NOON. AT 710 AM...MAINLY SHOWERS WERE MOVING THROUGH MUCH OF THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS. THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH GARRARD COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY. THE ONLY AREAS NOT RECEIVING RAIN WAS THE COUNTIES ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVING ALREADY FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING... THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING EXISTS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION PRODUCING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCE BY SOME OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...WATCH FOR DAMAGING WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING. BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION AND RELAY ANY AND ALL STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON. ULLOM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 5:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 6:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 7:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 8:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 8:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 9:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 5:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 6:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 8:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 8:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 46 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1990Flash 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.