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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY

June 8, 1990Fayette County, Jessamine County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1990, 10:22 PM EDT for Fayette County, Jessamine County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1990, 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1990, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, KY, Jessamine 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1990-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1187 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 1990-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
1187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 8, 8:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KYZ007-080130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
830 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART
OF SCOTT COUNTY AT 830PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH
END OF SCOTT COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN BY 9PM EDT...OTHER
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WASHINGTON AND SHELBY COUNTIES. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES BY 9PM EDT.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE LAWRENCEBURG IN ANDERSON COUNTY 14
MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...AND FRNKFORT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LEXINGTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO TO A SAFE PALCE UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS. IF YOU OBSERVE DAMAGE FROM THESE STORMS GIVE YOUR REPORT
TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
BH
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KYZ007-080230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
858 PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 855 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER ANDERSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS...ALSO THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL PASS OVER THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG 14 MILES
WEST OF LEXINGTON.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO TO A SAFE PALCE UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS. IF YOU OBSERVE DAMAGE FROM THESE STORMS GIVE YOUR REPORT
TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
BH
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:23 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
KYZ004-090210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
911 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AS OF 915 PM. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
WERE REPORTED IN CRESTWOOD...IN OLDHAM COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILE SOUTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING AT 30 MPH TO THE
EAST INTO SHELBY COUNTY AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE BY
945 PM EDT.

STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU
SEEK SHELTER.
WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:25 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
KYZ007-090200

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
925PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT
925PM EDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING AND
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IN ANDERSON COUNTY MOVING EAST INTO WOODFORD COUNTY
10 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.   THESE STORMS WILL BE IN VERSAILLES
6 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON AROUND 930PM EDT AND IN THE LEXINGTON AREA
AROUND 945PM EDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:46 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
KYZ007-090215

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
945PM EDT THU JUN 7 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 945PM EDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY
OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY 10 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON NORTHERN JESSAMINE COUNTY TO
THE SOUTH OF LEXINGTON AND ACROSS FAYETTE COUNTY AND LEXINGTON. HEAVY RAIN
WITH THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE RISING WATER IN LOWER LYING AREAS AS STORMS MOVE
EAST AT NEAR 35 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WILL MOVE INTO
FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY 15 TO 25 MILES
WEST THRU NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY BEFORE 10PM EDT.

BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING  WEATHER IS ENCOUNTERED.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:17 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
INZ015-090245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1010 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ORANGE COUNTY INDIANA...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNIN,G FOR ORANGE COUNTY INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
AT 10 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS OVER ORANGE COUNTY
WITH NO ADDITIONAL RAIN TO THE WEST.  NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED.

AMMERMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin42 min
Jun 8, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine38 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.