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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 1995Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 12:54 PM CDT for Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
51 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, 5.9 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1151 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 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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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, 8:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028-034-038-045-046-053-089-096-181333-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
934 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AND COVINGTON
KENTUCKY.

WILSON
Special weather statement, May 18, 11:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-069-098-100-106-108-111-112-
114-181600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1159 PM EDT WED MAY 17 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTR
AL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THIS INCLUDES LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL
12 PM EDT.
WHW
Special weather statement, May 18, 11:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-181900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1205 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY. AT
12 NOON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
ACROSS MENIFEE...POWELL...AND ESTILL COUNTIES AT AROUND 30 MPH. FOR
THE TIME BEING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE BLUEGRASS HAS
ENDED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA
FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION.

MOORE
Special weather statement, May 18, 11:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-069-098-100-106-108-111-112-
114-181600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT................CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1236 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

THEH TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THIS INCLUDES LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL
12 PM EDT.

WHW

CORRECTED FOR DATE
Special weather statement, May 18, 11:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KYZALL-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1238 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED.
THIS INCLUDES LONDON AND BOWLING GREVEN KENTUCKY.

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 PM EDT.

WHW
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:03 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
KYZALL-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
102 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

WHW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden70 min
May 18, 3:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade4 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge39 min
May 18, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson51 min
May 18, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson51 min
May 18, 5:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson36 min
May 18, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson36 min
May 18, 5:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson63 min
May 18, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor2 hr
May 18, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion, Washington2 hr
May 18, 5:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson65 min
May 18, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin, Woodford2 hr
May 18, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor31 min
May 18, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKMercer29 min
May 18, 7:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Montgomery36 min
May 18, 7:17 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKBath33 min
May 18, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor51 min
May 18, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison36 min
May 18, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe38 min
May 18, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMcCreary, Whitley41 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMetcalfe38 min
May 18, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair37 min
May 18, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade44 min
May 18, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard34 min
May 18, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGreen28 min
May 18, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKRussell41 min
May 18, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade35 min
May 18, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey31 min
May 18, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKPulaski50 min
May 18, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMadison31 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair30 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOldham, Trimble45 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson45 min
May 18, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette38 min
May 18, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey37 min
May 18, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor47 min
May 18, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKEstill26 min
May 18, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKNelson, Spencer46 min
May 18, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Shelby46 min
May 18, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLaurel, Rockcastle27 min
May 18, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln41 min
May 18, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Russell49 min
May 18, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle39 min
May 18, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKPulaski39 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.