Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 12:28 AM EST for Orange County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 12:28 AM EST (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 180528 FFWSDF INC117-175-180930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 128 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH INDIANA ...ORANGE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 120 AM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 3 AM EDT AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MORE RAIN WAS OCCURRING TO THE WEST AND WAS HEADED TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. IF CREEKS AND STREAMS BEGIN TO RISE RAPIDLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE 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
Special weather statement, May 17, 7:36 PM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-180140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 836 PM EDT (736 PM CDT) WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 424: JEFFERSON... BULLITT...SHELBY...SPENCER...ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...SCOTT...WOODFORD ...FAYETTE...AND BOURBON. CITIES CLEARED FROM THE WATCH AREA ARE THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA AND THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (1100 PM CDT) FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. MAJOR CITIES STILL IN THE WATCH AREA ARE BOWLING GREEN...SOMERSET... LONDON...BARDSTOWN...AND JACKSON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP INFORMED ABOUT ANY SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY THROUGH THURSDAY. VLD
Special weather statement, May 17, 7:56 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
KYZALL-180140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 835 PM EDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 424: JEFFERSON... BULLITT...SHELBY...SPENCER...ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...SCOTT...WOODFORD ...FAYETTE...AND BOURBON. CITIES CLEARED FROM THE WATCH AREA ARE THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA AND THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT (1100 PM CDT) FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. MAJOR CITIES STILL IN THE WATCH AREA ARE BOWLING GREEN...SOMERSET... LONDON...BARDSTOWN...AND JACKSON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP INFORMED ABOUT ANY SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY THROUGH THURSDAY. VLD
Special weather statement, May 17, 8:03 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
KYZALL-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 903 PM EDT (803 PM CDT) WED MAY 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED ALL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 424. THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...BUT THEY WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA. MAINLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...A NEW BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 1000 PM. MAINLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. REMEMBER THOUGH...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY THROUGH THURSDAY. ABUNDANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT MAY BRING ON YET ANOTHER ROUND OF FLASH FLOODING FOR AREAS IN KENTUCKY. MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS MAJOR RIVERS...ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN...AND WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. VLD
Special weather statement, May 17, 8:15 PM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 915 PM EDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED AT 629PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE BLUEGRASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE GROUND IS FULLY SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL AGGRAVATE THIS SITUTATION. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...STAY ALERT TO RISING WATERS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BH
Local storm report, May 18, 12:06 AM EST, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
100 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
1000PM EDT CORYDON IN WATER ON 4 ROADS: OLD GOSHEN
5-17-95 HARRISON CO. IN ROAD, BOUSALBARGER ROAD,
CORYDON-RAMSEY ROAD, PONDERSOA
ROAD, AND ELIZABETH-MIDDLETOWN
ROAD. WATER WAS 8 INCHES OVER
THESE ROADS. REPORTED BY
BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
1030PM EDT BRANDENBURG KY U.S 60, WATER OVER ROAD IN
5-17-95 MEADE CO. KY SOME SPOTS. SEVERAL STREETS
IN MULDRAUGH WERE COVERED
WITH WATER. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
1030PM EDT IRVINGTON KY WATER WAS JUST OVER THE ROAD
5-17-95 BRECKINRIDGE CO. KY ON U.S. 60, REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
1045PM EDT SHEPERDSVILLE KY WATER WAS OVER MANY ROADS
5-17-95 BULLITT CO. KY DURING STORM. REPORTED BY
COUNTY DISPATCH.
1100PM EDT LOUISVILLE KY 7TH AND BERRY, 3RD AND
5-17-95 JEFFERSON CO. KY EASTERN PARKWAY, AND
BARDSTOWN ROAD AND EASTERN
PARKWAY WERE COVERED WITH
WATER. REPORTED BY
LOUISVILLE POLICE.
1115PM EDT BARDSTOWN KY PLUM RUN ROAD AND STONER
5-17-95 NELSON CO. KY ROAD IN BLOOMFIELD WERE
IMPASSABLE. HIGH GROVE ROAD
HAD APPROX. 2 FT OF WATER
OVER IT. REPORTED BY COUNTY
DISPATCH.
1115PM EDT TAYLORSVILLE KY WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND HWY 55
5-17-95 SPENCER CO. KY SOUTH HAD WATER OVER IT BUT
SINCE HAS GONE DOWN. REPORTED
BY COUNTY DISPATCH.
1115PM EDT SHELBYVILLE KY HWY 636 TO HWY 395, HWY 55,
5-17-95 SHELBY CO. KY BRUNERSTOWN ROAD AND SNOWHILL
ROAD WERE ALL CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. 2-3 FT REPORTED
BY COUNTY DISPATCH.
JARVIS/STUREYSpecial weather statement, May 18, 12:06 AM EST, 22 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 115 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED AT 1107PM EDT FOR ANDERSON... FRANKLIN...SCOOT...AND WOODFORD COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 115AM EDT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT. SOILS REMAIN SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN. SOME STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS FLOOD ING ROADS IN FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY WELL OCCUR TONIGHT REQUIREING ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUTATION. BH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 41 min |
| May 18, 4:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 35 min |
| May 18, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Washington | 45 min |
| May 18, 4:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 31 min |
| May 18, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Scott | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 40 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 40 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 25 min |
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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.