Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 21, 1993, 4:14 PM EST for Bourbon County, Fayette County, Harrison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1993, 4:14 PM EST (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1993, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Harrison County, KY
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLEX 212115 FFWLEX KYC017-067-097-113-212215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 414 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BOURBON COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY ...JESSAMINE COUNTY AT 411PM EST RADAR AND SPSOTTER REPORTS INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HARRISON COUNTY 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON TO PARIS 25 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON TO NICHOLASVILLE 15 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST INTO NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY CLARK AND MADISON COUNTIES BY 445PM EST. CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE SEVERE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 55 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 48 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, 3 hours 19 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 21 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, 51 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 | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 60 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 | 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 |
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.