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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

March 31, 1993Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 1993, 6:27 PM EST for Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 1993, 6:27 PM EST (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 1993, 7:30 PM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby 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, Mar 31, 3:04 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
KYZ001>003-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...INCLUDING
THE PADUCAH AREA...HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH
THIS AREA...AND NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT JUST EAST OF
THIS AREA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OWENSBORO AND HOPKINSVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM EST (8 PM CST) FOR BOWLING GREEN.

FUNK
AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:08 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-013-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
305 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE AND AREAS TO
THE SOUTH AND EAST UNTIL 9 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE WEST OF LOUISILLE AND SCOTTSBURG INDIANA
UNTIL 5 PM EST.

AT 3 PM EST A THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN.
THIS STORM WAS INCREASING IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND
WILL BE MOVING JUST NORTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN THROUGH 3 30 PM.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING TO THE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER IN
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE.
ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACES OF
SAFETY AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:28 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
KYZ009-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
325 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST...

A TORNDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY INCLUDING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

AT 315 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF COLUMBIA AND
NEAR RUSSELL SPRINGS...20 TO 30 MILES WEST OR SOMERSET. ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF LONDON. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED WITH A THUNDERSTORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH COLUMBIA.
THE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND ANY OF THESE MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND*S...HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INDOORS
AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:53 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
KYZ007-312200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
355 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM EST OF MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...

AT 350 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
SHOWERS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN.

BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. ONCE YOUR SAFETY IS ASSURED...REPORT ANY SEVERE OR
DAMAGING WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

KERR
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:45 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KYZ007-312300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
445 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM EST OF MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...

AT 440 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...BETWEEN LIBERTY AND
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH OR NEAR DANVILLE
AND HARRODSBURG BY 515 PM.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
CONDITIONS REMA$IN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.

KERR
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:18 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
KYZ004-312300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
510 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993

AT 510 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
WESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LOUISVILLE
BY 530 PM EST AND INTO BULLITT COUNTY BY 545 PM EST.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM EST FOR THESE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INDOORS
AND CALL ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
^
FUNK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle46 min
Mar 31, 3:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor34 min
Mar 31, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen28 min
Mar 31, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine45 min
Mar 31, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt38 min
Mar 31, 5:59 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLincoln36 min
Mar 31, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby63 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.