Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995

Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 19954 counties in Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 4:21 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Warren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 916 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 180921
FFWEVV
KYC149-183-003-009-031-047-061-085-099-141-171-177-213-219-227-
181230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
421 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...MCLEAN COUNTY...OHIO COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY...BUTLER COUNTY
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...EDMONSON COUNTY...GRAYSON COUNTY...HART COUNTY
   ...LOGAN COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY...MUHLENBERG COUNTY...SIMPSON COUNTY
   ...TODD COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 422 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IS EMMINENT. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE
AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
MM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Hancock, Henderson4 hr
May 18, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDUnion4 hr
May 18, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins, Webster37 min
May 18, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMcLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio33 min
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDChristian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDAllen, Barren, Monroe, Simpson3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHart3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDMcLean3 hr
May 18, 1:02 PM CDTTornado WarningINDAllen, Barren, Monroe28 min
May 18, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren31 min
May 18, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian31 min
May 18, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd32 min
May 18, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBarren, Warren11 min
May 18, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLogan, Todd40 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson, Hart38 min
May 18, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLogan, Todd36 min
May 18, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDWarren35 min
May 18, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBarren37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.