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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Louisville, KY

August 10, 1995Clark County, Fayette County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 1995, 1:39 AM EDT for Clark County, Fayette County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 1995, 1:39 AM EDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 1995, 2:45 AM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Madison County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 1332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Aug 9, 10:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

KYZ029-045-053-100310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1034 PM EDT (934 PM CDT) WED AUG 9 1995

AT 10 30 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EASTERN BULLITT COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO NELSON AND LARUE COUNTY BY 1050 PM EDT.

THE STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

THE STORM DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN
BULLITT COUNTY AND PRODUCED 35 MPH WINDS AT THE LOUISVILLE AIRPORT.

IF THE STORM APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER.  IF DRIVING  WATCH
FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN.

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1034 PM EDT (934 PM CDT) WED AUG 9 1995

AT 10 30 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EASTERN BULLITT COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO NELSON AND LARUE COUNTY BY 1050 PM EDT.

THE STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

THE STORM DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN
BULLITT COUNTY AND PRODUCED 35 MPH WINDS AT THE LOUISVILLE AIRPORT.

IF THE STORM APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER.  IF DRIVING  WATCH
FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN.

AMMERMAN

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1050 OM EDT  WED AUG 9 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF
   CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

THE EASTERN PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 917 ISSUED FOR CENTRAL
AND WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE PORTION OF THE WATCH
WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELLED IS EAST OF A LINE FROM HARDINSBURG IN
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY TO BOWLING GREEN IN WARRN COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CANCELLED AREA BUT THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.

AMMERMAN

Local storm report, Aug 9, 11:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1120 PM EDT WED AUG 9 1995

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

1020 PM EDT                                   DES REPORTED TREES AND
08/09/95      BULLITT CO.              KY     POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN THE
                                              NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTION
                                              OF THE COUNTY.  SEVERAL TRAILERS
                                              WERE ALSO DAMAGED.

AMMERMAN

Local storm report, Aug 9, 11:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1120 PM EDT WED AUG 9 1995

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

1020 PM EDT                                   DES REPORTED TREES AND
08/09/95      BULLITT CO.              KY     POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN THE
                                              NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTION
                         ~                     OF THE COUNTY.  SEVERAL TRAILERS
                                              WERE ALSO DAMAGED.

AMMERMAN

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1215 AM EDT WED AUG 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 12 MIDNIGHT EDT...11PM CDT ALL SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCHES FOR
KENTUCKY HAVE EXPIRED.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED AND NO
ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCHES ARE ANTICIPATED.

A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
REMAINED OVER WEST KENTUCKY TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.  THIS
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
RESIDENTS OF WEST KENTUCKY CAN EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT AND SLOWLY DIMINISH.

RNK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crittenden	43 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.