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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

May 13, 1995Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 9:05 AM CDT for Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Green County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 131410
FFWSDF
KYC087-217-131600-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1005 AM EDT (905 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 PM EDT (1100 AM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...GREEN COUNTY
   ...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 1000 AM EDT (900 AM CDT)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS GREEN AND TAYLOR
COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS GREEN AND TAYLOR COUNTIES THROUGH 11 AM EDT (10 AM CDT).
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN
LOW-LYING AREAS...ROADS...AND NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GR~EAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

FUNK

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, 8:34 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
KYZ001>013-016-017-131430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
930 AM EDT (823 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
MORNING...HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING HAS MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA.
CONGER
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:36 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
KYZ001>013-016-017-131430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
930 AM EDT (823 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE  REST OF THE
MORNING...HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED OVER FAR
WESTERN KENTUCKY.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING HAS MOVED EAST OF
WEST KENTUCKY
CONGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
May 12, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey2 hr
May 13, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden14 min
May 13, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell62 min
May 13, 10:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson2 hr
May 13, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
May 13, 11:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor114 min
May 13, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland46 min
May 13, 12:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Russell119 min
May 13, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton42 min
May 13, 12:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle55 min
May 13, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey63 min
May 13, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle63 min
May 13, 1:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle69 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.