Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 4:21 AM CDT for Hart County, 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
County Hart County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 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
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
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, May 18, 1:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
INZ067>069-076>079-081>089-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 107 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA UNTIL 7 AM EST. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA UNTIL 7 AM EST. IN INDIANA THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PORTION SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MADISON...EVANSVILLE...JASPER ...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...AND NEW ALBANY. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENIN^G WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TMA
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:09 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
INZ067-068-069-076-077-078-079-081-082-083-084-085-086-087-088- 089-090-091-092-181215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 406 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... AT 4 AM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN SEYMOUR INDIANA AND LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING SO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YlOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. TA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock, Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Union | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins, Webster | 37 min |
| May 18, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 33 min |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Christian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Butler, Grayson, Ohio, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Allen, Barren, Monroe, Simpson | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | McLean | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 28 min |
| May 18, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 31 min |
| May 18, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian | 31 min |
| May 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 32 min |
| May 18, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Barren, Warren | 11 min |
| May 18, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 40 min |
| May 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edmonson, Hart | 38 min |
| May 18, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 36 min |
| May 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 35 min |
| May 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Barren | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.