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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 1995Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 5:50 AM CDT for Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 1995, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 1995, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
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 00:00Z, 10.8 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-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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 181052
FFWSDF
KYC229-087-155-217-181300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
650 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...GREEN COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 640 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST OF BARDSTOWN TO HODENVILLE
TO MUNFORDVILLE...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE TO 60 MILES
SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE.
 
THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED
COUNTIES THROUGH 9AM EDT.  SOME CITIES AFFECTED ARE SPRINGFIELD
...LEBANON...CAMPBELLSVILLE...AND GREENSBURG.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
 
 
RNK

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 CDT, 5 hours 44 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/STUREY

Special weather statement, May 18, 12:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 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 CDT, 5 hours 20 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 CDT, 4 hours 25 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

Special weather statement, May 18, 3:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

KYZALL-INZ090>092-190000-

KENTUCKY SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
440 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF
KENTUCKY TODAY AND PART OF TONIGHT.

SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BLUE-
GRASS STATE.  SOME OF THOSE WILL BE SEVERE...AND COULD PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

PERSONS IN KENTUCKY SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS...WATCHES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
NECESSARY.

STUREY

Local storm report, May 18, 5:37 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
635 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

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

620 AM EDT    GLENDALE              KY    A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A BARN
5-18-95       HARDIN                KY    ONTO A TRAILER ON GROUND.
                                          REPORTED BY ELIZABETHTOWN
                                          DES.

5-18-95 MCT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crittenden	70 min
May 18, 3:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	4 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	39 min
May 18, 4:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	51 min
May 18, 4:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	51 min
May 18, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson	36 min
May 18, 5:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson	36 min
May 18, 5:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	63 min
May 18, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	2 hr
May 18, 5:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson	65 min
May 18, 6:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin, Woodford	2 hr
May 18, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	31 min
May 18, 6:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Mercer	29 min
May 18, 7:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Montgomery	36 min
May 18, 7:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bath	33 min
May 18, 12:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	51 min
May 18, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	51 min
May 18, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	36 min
May 18, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe	38 min
May 18, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	McCreary, Whitley	41 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	38 min
May 18, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	37 min
May 18, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	44 min
May 18, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard	34 min
May 18, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green	28 min
May 18, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Russell	41 min
May 18, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	35 min
May 18, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	31 min
May 18, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Pulaski	50 min
May 18, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Madison	31 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	30 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	45 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	45 min
May 18, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	38 min
May 18, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	37 min
May 18, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor	47 min
May 18, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Estill	26 min
May 18, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Nelson, Spencer	46 min
May 18, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry, Shelby	46 min
May 18, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Laurel, Rockcastle	27 min
May 18, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Lincoln	41 min
May 18, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Russell	49 min
May 18, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Rockcastle	39 min
May 18, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Pulaski	39 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.