Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 11:43 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 131553 COR FFWSDF KYC045-137-199-203-131745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED FOR TIME AND EXPIRATION FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1143 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...CASEY COUNTY...SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY ...NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY...ROCKCASTLE COUNTY AT 1130 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CASEY...LINCOLN...PULASKI AND ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT 1120 AM EDT...THE FIRE CHIEF AT GILPIN...18 WNW SOMERSET KENTUCKY...REPORTED 3-4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. LIBERTY KENTUCKY...24 NW SOMERSET...REPORTED 2.32 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. FLOODING WAS BEING OBSERVED IN LOW LYING AREAS OF SE CASEY COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30-40 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS REDEVELOPING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUN@D. DATTILO &
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 13, 9:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KYZ001>013-016-017-131430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 930 AM EDT (823 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING...HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. CONGER
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KYZ001>013-016-017-131430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 930 AM EDT (823 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING...HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED OVER FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING HAS MOVED EAST OF WEST KENTUCKY CONGER
Local storm report, May 13, 10:48 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1045 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
1040 COLUMBIA IN ADAIR COUNTY STREET FLOODING
38 W SOMERSET KENTUCKY MARBLE SIZE HAIL
1040 CAMPBELLSVILLE IN TAYLOR 1.00 RAIN IN 45 MINS
COUNTY...43 WNW SOMERSET
KENTUCKY
LDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 11:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey | 2 hr |
| May 13, 7:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crittenden | 14 min |
| May 13, 10:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 115 min |
| May 13, 10:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 62 min |
| May 13, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 2 hr |
| May 13, 12:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 114 min |
| May 13, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 46 min |
| May 13, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 119 min |
| May 13, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 42 min |
| May 13, 1:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle | 55 min |
| May 13, 1:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey | 63 min |
| May 13, 1:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 63 min |
| May 13, 2:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle | 69 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.