Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1990, 8:43 PM EDT for Menifee County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1990, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1990, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Menifee County, KY, Rowan 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSDF 150111 COR
FFWLEX
KYC011-017-049-065-067-069-079-113-151-165-173-181-197-205-239-
150345-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
843 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...BATH...BOURBON...CLARK...ESTILL...FAYETTE...FLEMING
...GARRARD...JESSAMINE...MADISON...MENIFEE...MONTOGOMERY
...NICHOLAS...POWELL...ROWAN...WOODFORD
AT 830 PM EDT...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING STEADILY
THROUGH MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE PRODUCING RAIN IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. MANY
LOCATIONS AROUND THE REGION WERE REPORTING RISING WATER IN AREA
CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.
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 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.
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, Jun 14, 5:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ015-0142207- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 510 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 5 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE TO CINCINNATTI OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF BOWLING GREEN AND BETWEEN BOWLING GREEN AND SOMERSET. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE LOUISVILLE AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT THREE HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY HAVE MIOR FLOODING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SSE K SHELTER. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ015-0142207- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 510 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 5 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE TO CINCINNATTI OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF BOWLING GREEN AND BETWEEN BOWLING GREEN AND SOMERSET. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE LOUISVILLE AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT THREE HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY HAVE MIOR FLOODING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ015-0142317- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 617 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 6 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO JUST SOUTH OF CINCINNATTI OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY AND BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON INDIANA AND LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE LOUISVILLE AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY HAVE MIOR FLOODING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KYZ007-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 700 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 THERE WAS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF LEXINGTON IN FAYETTE COUNTY THIS EVENING AT 650 PM. THE STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF THE CITY AND MOVING EAST. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF FAYETTE COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY AS WELL. THERE WERE OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING AS WELL. THE NORTHERN AREAS OF FRANKLIN...SCOTT...HARRISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES WERE AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BR@IEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ULLOM
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ015-0150017- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 725 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 725 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE STORMS STRETCHED NORTH TO THE OHIO RIVER AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY HAVE MIOR FLOODING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU...SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NO\AA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:22 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ015-0150117- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 825 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 825 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA THROUGH LOUISVILLE TO LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH THESE TH&UNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY HAVE MIOR FLOODING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU...SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bath, Bourbon, Fleming, Montgomery, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Estill, Madison, Powell | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard | 3 hr |
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.