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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Louisville, KY

June 7, 1990Oldham County, Kentucky; Clark County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1990, 7:52 AM EDT for Oldham County, Kentucky; Clark County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1990, 7:52 AM EDT (11:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1990, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Oldham 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 268 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1990-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1990-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 071153
FFWSDF
INC019-KYC185-071500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
752 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
          ...CLARK
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...OLDHAM
 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING. MORE HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH LATE MORNING.
THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.
 
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.
 
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.
 
HOLDERBACH

What 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, 3 hours 12 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 47 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 45 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, 34 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:51 AM EDT, 1 minute before
KYZ009-071230-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOMERSET LISTENING AREA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
750 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

AT 745 AM EDT...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND ESPECIALLY AROUND THE LONDON...CORBIN AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE NOT SEVERE BUT MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WIND
SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

DURING THE NEXT SEVERA HOURS OR THROUGH 10 AM EDT...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE.  TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY IN THE
LOWER AND MID 60S WILL NOT CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY.
CONGER

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
CLOUDY SKIES EXIST. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE REGION RANGE MAINLY
IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER
WARNINGS
CONGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Taylor44 min
Jun 7, 5:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson47 min
Jun 7, 6:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson49 min
Jun 7, 7:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson3 hr
Jun 7, 8:39 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson51 min
Jun 7, 8:59 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKOldham, Shelby46 min
Jun 7, 8:59 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Spencer46 min
Jun 7, 5:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange, Washington51 min
Jun 7, 5:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison35 min
Jun 7, 6:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington3 hr
Jun 7, 6:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison44 min
Jun 7, 8:27 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison48 min
Jun 7, 8:53 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark52 min
Jun 7, 9:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 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.