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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1990Garrard County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1990, 8:43 PM EDT for Garrard 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

County Garrard 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 196 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 1990-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 719 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 1990-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.
ULLOM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBath, Bourbon, Fleming, Montgomery, Nicholas3 hr
Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine, Woodford3 hr
Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Estill, Madison, Powell3 hr
Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMenifee, Rowan3 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.