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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

May 14, 1995McCreary County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 6:52 AM EDT for McCreary County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 1995, 6:52 AM EDT (10:52 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1995, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties McCreary County, KY, Wayne County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 141052
FFWSDF
KYC147-231-141500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
652 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MCCREARY COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 650 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL UP TO 1.5 INCHES DURING THE PAST
HOUR WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY ACROSS MCCREARY
AND WAYNE COUNTIES...ABOUT 15 MILES OSUTH OF SOMERSET. THIS WILL PUSH
CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS MCCREARY AND WAYNE COUNTIES OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN LOW AREAS OR NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS...MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RISE RAPIDLY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LO`W SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
SCHOLZ

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, 4:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 14 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.

CHANCE

Local storm report, May 14, 4:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 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.

MOORE

Local storm report, May 14, 4:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 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.

CHANCE

Local storm report, May 14, 4:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 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.

MOORE

Special weather statement, May 14, 6:03 AM EDT, 49 minutes before

KYZALL-INZ090>092-141100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375 FOR FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED...AND
WILL NOT BE REISSUED.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR A TIME THIS MORNING...BUT THE THREAT
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED OR ENDED.

NEVERTHELESS...PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS.

ELSE
WHERE...TORNADO WATCHES 376 AND 380 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR OTHER
PARTS OF KENTUCKY.

STUREY

Local storm report, May 14, 6:25 AM EDT, 27 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
625 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

TIME EDT      ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE        ...EVENT...
DATE          ...COUNTY LOCATION...             ...REMARKS....

610 AM        WESTERN MEADE CO.               THE LOCAL POLICE DEPT.
              MEADE CO. KY                    REPORTED NUMEROUS DOWNED
                                              TREES.

CHANCE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 1:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Caldwell, Crittenden	28 min
May 14, 1:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	42 min
May 14, 1:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	52 min
May 14, 2:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	43 min
May 14, 2:21 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	29 min
May 14, 2:43 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Nelson	32 min
May 14, 2:48 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	27 min
May 14, 3:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	28 min
May 14, 3:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	62 min
May 14, 3:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	41 min
May 14, 3:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	41 min
May 14, 3:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	38 min
May 14, 3:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Mercer	65 min
May 14, 3:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	50 min
May 14, 3:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	50 min
May 14, 3:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Scott, Woodford	59 min
May 14, 4:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	42 min
May 14, 4:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	53 min
May 14, 4:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison	65 min
May 14, 4:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Russell	36 min
May 14, 4:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	29 min
May 14, 4:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair	5 hr
May 14, 5:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Taylor	4 hr
May 14, 5:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Russell	5 hr
May 14, 5:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	4 hr
May 14, 5:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Marion	4 hr
May 14, 5:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Green	29 min
May 14, 5:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	29 min
May 14, 5:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Green	4 hr
May 14, 5:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Russell	30 min
May 14, 5:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland	34 min
May 14, 6:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	4 hr
May 14, 6:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Pulaski	4 hr
May 14, 6:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Casey, Taylor	4 hr

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.