Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 7:10 AM EDT for Franklin County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 7:10 AM EDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 KLEX 181110 FFWLEX KYC073-239-181315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 710 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...WOODFORD COUNTY AT 710 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING FROM FRANKFORT TO HARRODSBURG MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER VERSAILLES BY 725 AM EDT. HEAVY RAINS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. REICK
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 18, 1:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 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, 2:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 45 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, 4:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 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, 6:37 AM EDT, 33 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 MCTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crittenden | 70 min |
| May 18, 4:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 4 hr |
| May 18, 5:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 39 min |
| May 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 18, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 36 min |
| May 18, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 36 min |
| May 18, 6:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 63 min |
| May 18, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson | 65 min |
| May 18, 7:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 31 min |
| May 18, 7:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer | 29 min |
| May 18, 8:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Montgomery | 36 min |
| May 18, 8:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bath | 33 min |
| May 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 51 min |
| May 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 51 min |
| May 18, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 36 min |
| May 18, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 38 min |
| May 18, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | McCreary, Whitley | 41 min |
| May 18, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 37 min |
| May 18, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 44 min |
| May 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard | 34 min |
| May 18, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green | 28 min |
| May 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Russell | 41 min |
| May 18, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 50 min |
| May 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 31 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 45 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 45 min |
| May 18, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 38 min |
| May 18, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 37 min |
| May 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Estill | 26 min |
| May 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Laurel, Rockcastle | 27 min |
| May 18, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 18, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 49 min |
| May 18, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 39 min |
| May 18, 7:51 PM EDT | 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.