Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1993, 7:15 PM EDT for Henry County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1993, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1993, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henry County, KY, Shelby County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 142316 FFWSDF KYC103-211-150015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 715 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...HENRY COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY AT 710 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR EMINENCE AND CHESTNUT GROVE KENTUCKY. THE STORM DOWNED TREES NEAR BALLARDSVILLE KENTUCKY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OLDHAM COUNTY AND RAINS FROM THE STORM WERE SWELLING CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR EMINENCE ABOVE BANKFULL. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER SHELBYVILLE BY 730 PM EDT. 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. KIRKPATRICK
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, Jun 14, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 600 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE OHIO RIVER FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 555 PM EDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR ENGLISH INDIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR SCOTTSBURG INDIANA. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS DROPPING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH THE OHIO RIVER FROM LEAVENWORTH INDIANA TO LOUISVILLE TO NEAR GOSHEN BY 700 PM EDT. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. > KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
KYZ007-142300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 630 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF ANDERSON...BATH...BOURBON...CLARK...FAYETTE...FLEMING... FRANKLIN...HARRISON...MONTGOMERY...NICHOLAS...ROBERTSON...ROWAN... SCOTT AND WOODFORD COUNTY... AT 630 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXNINGTON. ALSO ALONG THE ANDERSON...WOODFORD COUNTY LINE ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES OR 10 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ^ IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS V.WVWWUS X6WWUSz d66WWUS FT222 50 S0 BK 1V`WWUS $d`WWUS @R`WWUSF lD `WWUS 4XWOUS H6WWUS lF6WWUS" ,_6WWUS, A?WHPN OCNLG>6WWUS e`WWUS m6WWUS hDf6WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:32 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
KYZ007-142300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 630 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF ANDERSON...BATH...BOURBON...CLARK...FAYETTE...FLEMING... FRANKLIN...HARRISON...MONTGOMERY...NICHOLAS...ROBERTSON...ROWAN... SCOTT AND WOODFORD COUNTY... AT 630 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXNINGTON. ALSO ALONG THE ANDERSON...WOODFORD COUNTY LINE ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES OR 10 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ^ IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
KYZ007-142300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 655 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT... AT 655 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GEORGETOWN IN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF VERSAILLES OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON TO NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HARRISBURG OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL ENTER THE LEXINGTON AREA AROUND 715 PM EDT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:55 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
KYZ007-142300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 655 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT... AT 655 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GEORGETOWN IN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF VERSAILLES OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON TO NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HARRISBURG OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL ENTER THE LEXINGTON AREA AROUND 715 PM EDT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SZAPPANOS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:58 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-150020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 655 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG OHIO RIVER MOVING SOUTH... AT 650 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM NEAR LAGRANGE IN OLDHAM COUNTY ...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...THROUGH LOUISVILLE THEN WEST INTO HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA JUST SOUTH OF CORYDON. NEAR LAGRANGE IN OLDHAM COUNTY PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AND STRONG WINDS KNOCKED DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO REPORTS WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SHELBY...JEFFERSON...BULLITT AND INTO HARDIN AND MEADE COUNTIES THROUGH 7 30 PM EDT. THE VERY HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS COVERED BY WATER. SCHOLZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 46 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.