Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 21, 1993, 3:45 PM EST for Anderson County, Mercer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1993, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1993, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, KY, Mercer County, KY
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Feb 21, 10:19 AM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-211500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 1015 AM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...FOG AND RAIN CREATING POOR VISIBILITY THIS MORNING... AT 1015 AM EST...RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH FOG WERE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE RAIN WILL END IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA BY NOON BUT CONTINUE IN THE SOMERSET AND LONDON AREAS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH MIDDAY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BE AWARE OF SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IF YOU ARE LATE THIS MORNING. D. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 10:26 AM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-211500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 1020 AM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...FOG AND RAIN CREATING POOR VISIBILITY THIS MORNING... AT 1015 AM EST...RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH FOG WERE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE RAIN WILL END IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA BY NOON BUT CONTINUE IN THE SOMERSET AND LONDON AREAS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH MIDDAY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BE AWARE OF SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IF YOU ARE TRAVELING LATE THIS MORNING. D. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KYZ009-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 1250 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 200 PM EST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES. BE AWARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. D. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 210 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIL 7 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. AT 2 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM HENRYVILLE IN NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF HARDINSBURG IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KENTUCKY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE FROM SALEM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY INDIANA TO ENGLISH IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISVILLE BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM EST. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE TO SECURE SHELTER AT ONCE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FUNK
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 2:53 PM EST, 52 minutes before
KYZ007-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 255 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 PM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF LEXINGTON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE ...SOUTHWEST THROUGH LOUISVILLE TO WEST OF BOWLING GREEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE NEAR OR APPROACHING FRANKFORT... LAWRENCEBURG AND HARRODSBURG BY 4 PM. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. HEAVY RAINS...ON TOP OF THE SOAKING RAINS THIS MORNING...WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR A LOW-LYING OR FLOOD-PRONE AREA...CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. IF CONDITIONS BECOMING THREATENING ...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. KERR
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 3:23 PM EST, 22 minutes before
KYZ007-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 325 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 PM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 320 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...JUST SOUTH OF FRANKFORT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST TO THE WEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM AROUND CINCINNATI SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BARDSTOWN...CONTINUING SOUTHWEST. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH GEORGETOWN...VERSAILLES AND LAWRENCEBURG BY 4 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN AND AROUND FRANKFORT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. HEAVY RAINS...ON TOP OF THE SOAKING RAINS THIS MORNING...WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR A LOW-LYING OR FLOOD-PRONE AREA...CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. IF CONDITIONS BECOMING THREATENING ...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. KERR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 33 min |
| Feb 21, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 4:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bath, Fleming, Nicholas | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bath, Fleming, Nicholas | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Menifee, Rowan | 37 min |
| Feb 21, 2:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 min |
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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.