Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 1991, 10:24 PM CDT for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1991, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1991, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Christian County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 3642 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 090324 FFWEVV KYC047-090530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1024 PM CDT MON JUL 8 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT 1020 PM CDT...THE KENTUCKY DES REPORTED THAT CITY STREETS IN HOPKINSVILLE AND SOME COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF. PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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. SPODEN
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, Jul 8, 4:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
INZALL-082245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 447 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 445 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONGM THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE TO NEAR MADISON INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
INZALL-082345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. AT C545 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA FROM EAST OF EVANSVILLE TO NORTH OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
INZALL-090055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 655 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM EVANSVILLE TO NEW ALBANY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF INDIANA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN EVANSVILLE AND LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM EST. AT 650 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN EVANSVILLE INDIANA AND LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
INZALL-090130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 733 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 730 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA...JUST SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD BEEN OCCURRING OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA HAD MOVED INTO KENTUCKY. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edmonson, Hart | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Barren | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian, Hopkins | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Christian | 34 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.