Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 4:34 PM EST for Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 4:34 PM EST (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 1990, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rockcastle 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 463 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 302132 FFWSDF KYC203-310130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 434 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...ROCKCASTLE COUNTY HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 150 IN MANY LOCATIONS. RAINFALL TOTALS DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS HAVE BEEN AROUND 3 INCHES. AT 430 PM ...NO EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, Dec 30, 11:59 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
KYZ007-301900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 1200 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... ...STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST... A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN NOW ENTERING FLEMING...BATH...MONGOMERY...POWELL...ESTILL ...MADISON AND GARRARD COUNTY. THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 11 AM THE TEMPERATURE AT THE WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON WAS 66 DEGREES WITHIN 8 MINUTES IT HAD DROPPED TO 49 DEGREES. ALSO DURING THE PAST ONE HOUR .61 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN. THE RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...WATCH WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATERS BEGIN TO RISE. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 2:02 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
KYZ007-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 200 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE FLOOD WARNING ALONG THE LICKING RIVER BASIN IS CONTINUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...WATCH WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATERS BEGIN TO RISE. DO NOT DRIVE ]YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 4:13 PM EST, 21 minutes before
KYZ002-004-005-310000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 415 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE STATE HAS FALLEN IN THE FORM OF RAIN. PRECIPITATION IN WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT THE PRECIPITATION IS LIGHT AND WILL END THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY AROUND MID EVENING. AS A RESULT...NO MAJOR DRIVING PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CAN CAUSE LOCALLY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. THUS CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED WHEN DRIVING AND WALKING THIS EVENING. FUNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 5:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash 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.