Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 1995, 12:26 AM EDT for Jessamine County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 12:26 AM EDT (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jessamine County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 2460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLEX 210427 RRA FFWLEX KYC113-210530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 1226 AM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...JESSAMINE COUNTY AT 1225AM LOUISVILLE RADAD INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JESSAMINE COUNTY...SOME 15 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH NICHOLASVILLE BY 1235AM..AND INTO WOODFORD COUNTY BY 1245AM. . WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Jun 20, 7:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 725 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM... AT 720 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CINCINNATI OHIO TO BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 20 MPH. PRESENTLY THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 935 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY...BATH... ROWAN...AND FLEMING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAYETTE...MERCER...WOODFORD... ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...SCOTT...AND HARRISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 930 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BATH... MONTGOMERY...ROWAN...AND FLEMING. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ090>092-210240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 937 PM EDT (837 PM CDT) TUE JUN 20 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT TO THE EAST OF HARDIN COUNTY KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWN AND FORT KNOX AND HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA INCLUDING CORYDON. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EITHER THE LOUISVILLE OR LEXINGTON METRO AREAS. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE WEST INCLUDING MEADE AND BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 935 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY...BATH... ROWAN...AND FLEMING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAYETTE...MERCER...WOODFORD... ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...SCOTT...AND HARRISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 930 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BATH... MONTGOMERY...ROWAN...AND FLEMING. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
KYZ001>120-INZ090>092-210525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1119 PM EDT (1019 PM CDT) TUE JUN 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL PARTS OF KENTUCKY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY INCLUDING ASHLAND...MOREHEAD AND MT STERLING UNTIL 1 AM EDT. A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KENTUCKY INCLUDING HENDERSON...OWENSBORO AND MADISONVILLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. A THIRD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR WEST KENTUCKY INCLUDING PADUCAH...MAYFIELD AND PRINCETON UNTIL 4 AM CDT. AT 1115 AM EDT STRONG AND SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF KENTUCKY AND IN THE NORTHWEST PARTS OF KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:40 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
KYZ014>016-018>021-023-026-027-210515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1140 PM EDT (1040 PM CDT) TUE JUN 20 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 642 ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST KENTUCKY INCLUDING HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT AND IN FAR WEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 AM CDT. SCHOLZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Estill | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 17 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.