Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1995, 5:06 PM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 082105 FFWILN KYC135-090100- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 506 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...LEWIS COUNTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 4 PM. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY THROUGH 6 PM. FLOODING IS LIKELY EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF LEWIS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY FROM VANCEBURG AND KINNICONICK EASTWARD. AVOID CROSSING FLOWING WATER...EITHER IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT. THE SWIFT CURRENT CAN SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET OR CARRY YOUR CAR AWAY. STAY AWAY FROM DRAINS...DITCHES...AND LOW SPOTS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DLOTT
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.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 8, 2:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 215 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 SVR WX ON 88D...NO TIME FOR AFD. SANDLER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:35 AM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-050-OHZ081-079-070-078-072-077-080-082- 088-071-KYZ091-097-093-089-090-095-092-100-099-094-096-201-081645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1139 AM EDT (1039 AM EST) THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY INDICATES THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERKENTUCKY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WARM AND VERY MOIST AIR WAS ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS QUITE UNSTABLE. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR SOME STORMS OVER SOUTHERN OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER. THE AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER NETWORK MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED TODAY FOR THE IMPENDING SEVERE WEATHER. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 322 PM EDT (220 PM EST) THU JUN 8 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING INDIANA COUNTIES. WAYNE FAYETTE UNION FRANKLIN RIPLEY DEARBORN OHIO SWITZERLAND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTIUE OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA THROUGH 4 PM EST. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 18 min |
| Jun 8, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.