Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 1991, 7:18 PM EST for Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 1991, 7:18 PM EST (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1991, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 230019 FFWSDF INC019-043-061-230215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 718 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH INDIANA ...CLARK COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY AT 710 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN ABOUT TO MOVE ACROSS HARRISON...FLOYD...AND CLARK COUNTIES. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS...AND LOW-LYING AREAS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. 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. 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. FUNK
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, Mar 22, 5:02 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BY 6 PM EST. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEC$OME SEVERE THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HOLDERBACH < HOLDERBACH
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:10 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 600 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTS OF WIND MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE TUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE 50 MILES SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF LOUISVILLE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE AREA IS ALSO UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE REGION...INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA. THERE WILL BE STRONG GUSTS OF WIND...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. DRIVING WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AS THE RAIN AND WIND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHERr RADIO AND LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR WARNINGS. WILSON
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:14 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 600 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTS OF WIND MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE TUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE 50 MILES SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF LOUISVILLE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE AREA IS ALSO UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE REGION...INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA. THERE WILL BE STRONG GUSTS OF WIND...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. DRIVING WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AS THE RAIN AND WIND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS. STAY TUuNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR WARNINGS AND FURTHUR STATEMENTS. WILSON
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:30 PM EST, 48 minutes before
KYZ007-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 630 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 625 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NOW ENTERING WESTERN ANDERSON...WESTERN MERCER AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE AREA IS MOVING RAPIDLY THE EAST AT 50 MPH. OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS THIS AREA WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESES STORMS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WHEN DRIVING INTO SHOWERS...BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER REDICED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER OR POSSIBLE FLOODED ROADWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:33 PM EST, 45 minutes before
KYZ007-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 630 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 625 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NOW ENTERING WESTERN ANDERSON...WESTERN MERCER AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE AREA IS MOVING RAPIDLY THE EAST AT 50 MPH. OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS THIS AREA WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WHEN DRIVING INTO SHOWERS...BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER OR POSSIBLE FLOODED ROADWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:14 PM EST, 4 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 710 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT 7 PM EST...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA AND MEADE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE REST OF THE REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CLARK COUNTY INDIANA AND JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY THROUGH 8 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. AMMERMAN STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR WARNINGS AND FURTHUR STATEMENTS. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 117 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.