Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 1992, 2:53 PM EDT for Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1992, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1992, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Floyd County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 211855 FFWSDF INC043-212000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 253 PM EDT THU MAY 21 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH INDIANA ...NORTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY AT 245 PM EDT....NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR GREENVILLE IN NORTHWEST FLOYD COUNTY INDIANA. IF YOU ARE IN NORTHWEST FLOYD COUNTY...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND AND FLOODING RAINS IN THE VICINITY OF GREENVILLE INDIANA. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE WORST KILLER WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM ...SO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY ...SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TUCEK
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, May 21, 1:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-211810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 110 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1992 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SLOW-MOVING STORMS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 100 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 20 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR SHEPERDSVILLE IN BULLITT COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE RAPIDLY INCREASING IN NUMBERS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS THE REASON FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED SPOTS COULD RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCAL ROADS. WATER RISES IN LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. < IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY OR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING DOWNPOURS. IF YOU ARE NEAR A CREEK OR ST<REAM...MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. TUCEK
Special weather statement, May 21, 1:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-211810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 110 PM EDT THU MAY 21 1992 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SLOW-MOVING STORMS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 100 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 20 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR SHEPERDSVILLE IN BULLITT COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE RAPIDLY INCREASING IN NUMBERS OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS THE REASON FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED SPOTS COULD RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOCAL ROADS. WATER RISES IN LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. < IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY OR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING DOWNPOURS. IF YOU ARE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM...MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. TUCEK
Special weather statement, May 21, 1:54 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-211910- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 155 PM EDT THU MAY 21 1992 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN LOUISVILLE METRO AREA... AT 145 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE AT NEW ALBANY INDIANA AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR MEDORA IN SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTH ABOUT 10 MPH AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. THESE STORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA OR TRAVELING WEST OF SOUTH OF THE CITY...BE PREPARED FOR TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF RO6ADS. TUCEK
Special weather statement, May 21, 2:38 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-211910- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 235 PM EDT THU MAY 21 1992 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN LOUISVILLE METRO AREA... AT 230 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 TO 20 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE IN FLOYD...HARRISON AND CLARK COUNTIES OF INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY NEAR GEORGETOWN. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ALL STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTH ABOUT 10 MPH AND MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. THESE STORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA OR TRAVELING WEST OR SOUTH OF THE CITY...BE PREPARED FOR TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 67 min |
| May 21, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 59 min |
| May 21, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 44 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.