Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 8:51 AM CDT for Barren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barren County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 131354 FFWEVV KYC009-085-099-131600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 851 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BARREN COUNTY...GRAYSON COUNTY...HART COUNTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING WAS CAUSING SMALL STREAMS AND LOW AREAS TO FLOOD. THE HART COUNTY DES REPORTED TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR AND STILL RAINING. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. * BLOCK &
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 13, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
INZ076>080-084-087>089-131700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 645 AM EST SAT MAY 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD TO EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE JASPER...MADISON...SCOTTSBURG ...JEFFERSONVILLE...AND NEW ALBANY. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESxE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . TMA
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:14 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
INZ076>080-084-087>089-131530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 815 AM EST SAT MAY 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD TO EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE JASPER...MADISON...SCOTTSBURG ...JEFFERSONVILLE...AND NEW ALBANY. AT 805 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS HOWEVER WERE SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 26 min |
| May 13, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Webster | 33 min |
| May 13, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian, Hopkins | 27 min |
| May 13, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian, Todd | 33 min |
| May 13, 7:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg, Ohio | 36 min |
| May 13, 8:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Grayson, Hart | 2 hr |
| May 13, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edmonson, Warren | 30 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.