Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 1995, 10:20 PM EDT for Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 1995, 10:20 PM EDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1995, 12:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nelson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 631 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 080223 FFWSDF KYC179-080420- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1020 PM EDT MON AUG 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1220 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...NELSON COUNTY AT 10:17 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NELSON COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALLS WITH ESTIMATED AMOUNTS ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH NELSON COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT. THERE MAY BE FLOODING OF STREETS...ROADS AND AREAS NEAR STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEjHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WILSON/TREXLER
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, Aug 7, 9:40 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
940 PM EDT MON AUG 7 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
940 PM EDT SHELBY COUNTY KY REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAIN RELAYED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.
3.0 INCHES IN SHELBYVILLE
7.88 INCHES 1/2MI N
SHELBYVILLE
7.5 INCHES E SHELBYVILLE
RNKLocal storm report, Aug 7, 9:48 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
940 PM EDT MON AUG 7 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
940 PM EDT SHELBY COUNTY KY REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAIN RELAYED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.
3.0 INCHE0S IN SHELBYVILLE
7.88 INCHES 1/2MI N
SHELBYVILLE
7.5 INCHES E SHELBYVILLE
RNKLocal storm report, Aug 7, 10:00 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1000 PM EDT MON AUG 7 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
735 PM EDT HENRY COUNTY KY A SPOTTER AT TURNER STATION
TURNER STATION REPORTED 3.14 INCHES OF RAIN
IN 1 HOUR. SEVERAL ROADS
ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN
COVERED BY HIGH WATER.
MKLocal storm report, Aug 7, 10:05 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1000 PM EDT MON AUG 7 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
735 PM EDT HENRY COUNTY KY A SPOTTER AT TURNER STATION
TURNER STATION REPORTED 3.14 INCHES OF RAIN
IN 1 HOUR. SEVERAL ROADS
^ ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN
COVERED BY HIGH WATER.
MKLocal storm report, Aug 7, 10:15 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1015 PM EDT MON AUG 7 1995
TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION... STATE
...COUNTY LOCATION... ...EVENT/REMARKS...
945 PM ANDERSON CO KY DISPATCH AND DES REPORTED...
TRAILERS INUNDATED BY WATER
IN GLENSBORO. HY 395 NEAR
INDIAN CREEK HARDEST HIT WITH
DAMAGE TO BOTH STRUCTURES AND
VEHICLES (NO ESTIMATES AS OF
YET). HY44 PARTIALLY BLOCKED.
ESTIMATED 3 INCHES IN 11/2 HRS
NEAR LAWRENCEBURG.
RIECKLocal storm report, Aug 7, 10:18 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1015 PM EDT MON AUG 7 1995
TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION... STATE
...COUNTY LOCATION... ...EVENT/REMARKS...
945 PM ANDERSON CO KY DISPATCH AND DES REPORTED...
TRAILERS INUNDATED BY WATER
IN GLENSBORO. HY 395 NEAR
INDIAN CREEK HARDEST HIT WITH
DAMAGE TO BOTH STRUCTURES AND
VEHICLES (NO ESTIMATES AS OF
YET). HY44 PARTIALLY BLOCKED.
ESTIMATED 3 INCHES IN 11/2 HRS
NEAR LAWRENCEBURG.
RIECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nelson | 2 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.