Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Louisville, KY

KYZ007-081500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1002AM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

10AM RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM
NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON TO NEAR GEORGETOWN
IN SCOTT COUNTY 12 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING
26 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS
WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.
HEAVY RAINS WILL TRAIN INTO NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND SCOTT COUNTIES THIS MORNING
WITH LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LAND AREAS POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS HAVE PERSISTED
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN INDIANA.

BE ALERT TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH AL:L THUNDERSTORMS AND WATCH FOR RISING
WATER IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS THIS MORNING.

KYZ007-081530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1040AM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

1035AM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WOODFORD AND FAYETTE COUNTIES
ACROSS SCOTT AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES 25 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH
OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RAINFALL OF NEAR 1/2 INCH MAY OCCUR IN
ANY OF THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL PUSH INTO HARRISON BOURBON AND CLARK
COUNTIES 35 MILES NORTHEAST THRU SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON BY 11AM EDT.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TRAIN INTO FRANKLIN SCOTT
NORTHERN FAYETTE AND HARRISON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS RAIN HAS PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE FLOODING
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY AS IT MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST
TOWARD THE CENTRAL BLUE GRASS REGION.
BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING, URBAN AND LOW LAND FLOODING
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF NECESSARY.

KYZ007-0811630

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1155AM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1155 RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FAYETTE
WOODFORD JESSAMINE CLARK AND WOODFORD COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND LOW LAND FLOODING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS
MOVING INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE THE &THREAT OF
FLOODING.  THE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST.

BE ALERT TO RISING WATER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. BE READY
TO EVACUATE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING THREATENS.

KYZ007-081730

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1250PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...

1250PM RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER EASTERN MADISON COUNTY
ESTILL AND POWELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY 30 TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LEXINGTON. THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL ALLOW FOR URBAN SMALL STREAM AND
LOW LAND FLOODING.
IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY. WATCH FOR
RISING WATER THREATENING FLOODING AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

MUCH OF THE REST OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAD LIGHT RAIN THAT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST.

KYZ009-081845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1250 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED INCREASING
THUNDERSTORMS FORMING BETWEEN LONDON AND BOWLING GREEN. WITH ABUNDANT
MOISTURE FLOWING INTO THE AREA...THESE WILL BE INCREASING FURTHER AS
THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.

THE STRONGEST SO FAR WERE FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF SOMERSET SOUTHWEST
INTO THE LAKE CUMBERLAND AREA. THESE WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

WITH FLOODING RAINS OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY...BE ALERT TO
POSSIBLE FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
TAKE SECURE INDOOR SHELTER. IF YOU IN A LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...
BE ESPECIALLY CONSCIOUS OF WATER LEVELS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REITMEYER

KYZ009-082000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
200 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 155 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR LONDON...WITH SHOWERS
NOTED TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. LAUREL COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN...WITH CREEKS RISING. HOWEVER...RAIN WAS SLACKENING AND NO
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING.

PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD PAY STRICT ATTENTION
TO WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA COULD
PRODUCE COPIOUS RAINS...WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
FLOODING THREATENS.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...ESPECIALLY
OVER JACKSON COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF LONDON.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF TRAVELLING THIS AFTERNOON...
DO NOT CHANCE CROSSING ROADS COVERED WITH WATER.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REITMEYER