Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 4:31 AM CDT for Green County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Green County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 3482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.4
- Supercell composite
- 30.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Local storm report, May 14, 3:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
352 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
402 AM GEORGETOWN DIME SIZED HAIL WAS
FLOYD CO. IN REPORTED BY A LOCAL
SPOTTER.
CHANCELocal storm report, May 14, 3:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
410 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
345 AM RADCLIFF LOCAL DES REPORTED THAT
HARDIN CO. KY THREE MOBILE HOME PARKS
RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL
DAMAGE. SOME INJURIES
WERE REPORTED AS WELL.
CHANCELocal storm report, May 14, 3:38 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
438 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS..>.
433 AM TODDS POINT LOCAL HAM RADIO OPERATOR
SHELBY CO. KY REPORTED WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 65 MPH.
CHANCELocal storm report, May 14, 3:39 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
425 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION... STATE
...COUNTY LOCATION... ...EVENT/REMARKS...
345 AM FRANKFORT KY POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
5/14/95 FRANKLIN CO. REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR VIA
FRANKFORT POLICE. VISUAL
DAMAGE LOOKS LIKE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS TO LOWE`S HARDWARE STORE.
400 AM FRANKFORT KY POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
5/14/95 FRANKLIN CO. ALONG RT. 421 REPORTED BY
FRANKLIN CO DISPATCH. MANY
POWER LINES DOWN.
405 AM GEORGETOWN KY TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY SCOTT
5/14/95 SCOTT CO. COUNTY DISPATCH
410 AM GEORGETOWN KY WIND OVERTURNED TRAILER
5/14/95 SCOTT CO. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
355 AM SALVISA KY POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
5/14/95 MERCEE CO. REPORTED BY CITIZEN.
435 AM FRANKFORT KY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...
5/14/95 FRANKLIN CO. HOUSE DAMAGED ALONG US 60 IN
WESTERN FRANKFORT...REPORTED BY
FRANKFORT CITY POLICE.
MOORELocal storm report, May 14, 3:44 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
442 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
245 AM FLAHERTY MOBILE HOME PARK RECEIVED
MEADE CO. KY SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED
L FROM SURROUNDING COUNTIES
FOR INJURIES.
CHANCELocal storm report, May 14, 3:57 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
455 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION... STATE
...COUNTY LOCATION... ...EVENT/REMARKS...
435 AM MIDWAY KY TREES DOWN...MANY HOUSES
5/14/95 WOODFORD CO. DAMAGED WITH 1 OR 2 ROOFS BLOWN
OFF...REPORTED BY WOODFORD CO
POLICE VIA AIRPORT POLICE.
438 AM PARIS KY TREES AND LINES DOWN...REPORTED
5/14/95 BOURBON CO. BY COUNTY DISPATCH.
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Caldwell, Crittenden | 28 min |
| May 14, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 42 min |
| May 14, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 52 min |
| May 14, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 43 min |
| May 14, 1:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| May 14, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 32 min |
| May 14, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 14, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 28 min |
| May 14, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 62 min |
| May 14, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 41 min |
| May 14, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 41 min |
| May 14, 2:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 38 min |
| May 14, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 65 min |
| May 14, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 50 min |
| May 14, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 50 min |
| May 14, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 59 min |
| May 14, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 14, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 53 min |
| May 14, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 65 min |
| May 14, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 36 min |
| May 14, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 29 min |
| May 14, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 5 hr |
| May 14, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Taylor | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 5 hr |
| May 14, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 29 min |
| May 14, 4:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland | 34 min |
| May 14, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | McCreary, Wayne | 4 hr |
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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.