Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
910 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON NEAR CYNTHIANA SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES WEST
OF LEXINGTON NEAR LAWRENCEBURG.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES
AN HOUR...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AS THE LINE MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS
IS LIKELY. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS OA FLOODED
ROADWAY. IF YOU LIVE NEAR CREEKS OR SMALL STREAMS...MONITOR WATER
LEVELS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

KERR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
920 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

...HEAVIEST RAINS MOVING RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE OHIO RIVER...

AT 9 AM EDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIEST RAINS WERE
ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN ELIZABETHTOWN AND
FRANKFORT.

THE STORMS WILL ONLY LAST ABOUT AN HOUR AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION BUT WILL
LIKELY CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  SKIES WILL THEN
BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB THROUGH THE 70S.

ONE TO THREE INCH RAINS HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THESE STORMS PROMPTING
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR MUCH OF THE OHIO
VALLEY BETWEEN EVANSVILLE AND CINCINNATI.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY THIS MORNING BE PREPARED FOR
BLINDING RAINS AND HAZARDOUS ROADS DUE TO HIGH WATER.  IF YOU ARE
NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS...WATCH FOR FLOODING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATwHER INFORMATION TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY FOR RELAY TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TUCEK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1005 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

...HEAVIEST RAINS FROM LEXINGTON TO ELIZABETHTOWN MOVING SOUTHEAST...

THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HARRISON...FLOYD AND CLARK COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED.  HIGH WATERS ON ROADS HAVE
BEEN RECEDING IN THESE AREAS BUT BE CAUTIOUS NEAR STREAMS.

URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES CONTINUE UNTIL 11 AM EDT FOR JEFFERSON...OLDHAM
BULLIT...SPENCER AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL
11 AM EDT.  THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES AND
WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN RECEDING ON ROADS AND THEN IN THE STREAMS.

AT 10 AM EDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIEST RAINS WERE
IN A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND CONTINUED TO PRODUCE FLOODING RAINS AND LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS.
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IF YOU ARE TRAVELING SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY...BE PREPARED FOR
BLINDING RAINS AND HAZARDOUS ROADS DUE TO HIGH WATER.
IF YOU ARE NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS...WATCH FOR FLOODING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY FOR RELAY TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TUCEK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1040 PM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992

TIME               EVENT

500-1030 AM EDT  REPORTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
                 IN NEARLY ALL COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
                 AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. REPORTS FROM
                 PUBLIC...WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL...LOCAL POLICE
                 AND LOCAL EMS MEMBERS.  RAINFALL RATES AVERAGED
                 TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR.

                 COUNTIES INCLUDE HARRISON...FLOYD...CLARK IN SOUTH
                 CENTRAL INDIANA.  JEFFERSON...OLDHAM...HENRY...SHELBY
                 BULLITT...SPENCER...HARDIN AND WASHINGT1ON COUNTIES IN
                 KENTUCKY SO FAR.

1025 AM EDT      4.86 INCHES TOTAL RAINFALL FROM STORMS 5-10 AM EDT IN
                 BULLITT COUNTY REPORTED BY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
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TUCEK

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY.
1130AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

TIME EDT       EVENT

0955           FLEMING COUNTY...TREES DOWN ON KY57
0945           ANDERSON COUNTY...FLASH FLOOD CROOKED CREEK...6 HOMES
               EVACUATED PUNCHEON CREEK. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND COUNTY
               2.34 INCHES RAIN IN 70 MINUTES. HWY KY53 AND US62 BLOCKED
               BY TREES. CONSIDERABLE LOCAL FLOODING.
0920           FAYETTE COUNTY...FEW TREES DOWN WITH ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
               FLOODING MOSTLY NORTH AND WEST OF CITY.
0930           WOODFORD COUNTY...NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESS FLOODED. 21/2-
               INCHES RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR. HUNTERTOWN RD BLOCKED BY TREES.
               TELEPHONE LINES DOWN AROUND COUNTY.
0945           NICHOLAS COUNTY...TREES DOWN HEADQUARTERS RD.
0954           JESSAMINE COUNTY...TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. TWO
               LIGHTNING FIRES.  US68 AND KY29 BLOCKED BY TREES
1012           CLARK COUNTY...TREES DOWN 2-MILE ROAD
1005        BOYLE COUNTY...DOWN POWER LINES AROUND COUNTY. TREE DAMAGE
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THESE COUNTIES WERE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO ONLY BY T
HE WSO LEXINGTON AT 0930. THERE WERE
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND INTERRUPTIONS DURING THIS PERIOD AND ONLY NWR
WAS OPERABLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD TO GET THE WARNINGS OUT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1210 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...40 MILES NORTH
OF SOMERSET...HAS EXPIRED