Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 3:05 AM EST for Crawford County, Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 3:05 AM EST (08:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 5:59 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 KSDF 180807 FFWSDF INC025-061-KYC027-163-181200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 405 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH INDIANA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY...MEADE COUNTY AT 400 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 415 AM EDT AND INTO HARRISON...MEADE AND BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES BY 430 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO AGAIN RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD LOW AREAS. IF CREEKS AND STREAMS BEGIN TO RISE RAPIDLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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 LOW 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 18, 12:06 AM EST, 2 hours 59 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, 2 hours 59 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
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:30 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 130 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED AT 1124PM EDT FOR BOURBON... FAYETE...AND HARRISON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 130AM EDT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT. SOILS REMAIN SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN. SMALLER STREAMS REMAIN AT BANKFUL OR ARE ALREADY OUT OF HTEIR BANKS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY WELL OCCUR TONIGHT REQUIRING ADDITIONAL WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SIT4UTATION. BH
Special weather statement, May 18, 1:25 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 220 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 AM CDT (8 AM EDT). THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA OVER- NIGHT...SOME OF WHICH WILL BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL THAT SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEA,THER SERVICE RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. STUREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 12:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 4 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.