Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT for Bracken County, Mason County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bracken County, KY, Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 KILN 100259 FFWILN KYC023-161-201-100700- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1100 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...BRACKEN COUNTY...MASON COUNTY...ROBERTSON COUNTY AT 1055 PM EDT...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS ROBERTSON...MASON...AND BRACKEN COUNTIES BETWEEN 945 AND 1045 PM EDT. IN MASON COUNTY...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER SOME ROADS IN ORANGEBURG...OR 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH 200 AM...AND WILL ONLY WORSEN CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS. AVOID CROSSING FLOWING WATER...EITHER IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT. THE SW*IFT 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. HYSELL
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 9, 8:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 830 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 DUE TO SVR WX...NO EXTENSIVE AFD WILL BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME. IN BRIEF...SFC BDRY NEAR OH RIVER HELPING TO TRIGER STRONG/SVR STORMS. CAPES ABOVE 3000 J/KG PROVIDING POTENTIAL FOR VIGIROUS UPDRAFTS. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DISTEFANO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
INZ074-066-075-073-080-OHZ081-079-070-078-072-065-063-055-062-077- 080-074-056-054-061-064-082-073-088-071-KYZ091-097-093-089-090- 095-092-100-099-094-096-201-100630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 925 PM EDT (825 PM EST) FRI JUN 9 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM EDT WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR COVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN OHIO... NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA THIS EVENING. WITH A STATIONARY FRONT LAYING ACROSS THE REGION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS A RESULT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT (100 AM EST) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN OHIO: BUTLER...HAMILTON...WARREN...MONTGOMERY...CLERMONT...GREENE...CLINTON ..BROWN...HIGHLAND...MADISON...FAYETTE...ADAMS...FRANKLIN...PICKAWAY ..ROSS...PIKE...SCIOTO...LICKING...FAIRFIELD...AND HOCKING. IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA: FRANKLIN...RIPLEY...DEARBORN...OHIO...SWITZERLAND IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY: CARROLL...GALLATIN...OWEN...GRANT...BOONE...KENTON...PENDLETON... CAMPBELL...BRACKEN...ROBERTSON...MASON...LEWIS PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HYSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason, Robertson | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 26 min |
| Jun 10, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 51 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.