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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY

May 13, 1995Boyle County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 1:35 PM EDT for Boyle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 1995, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 1995, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Boyle County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLEX 131736
FFWLEX
KYC021-131830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
135 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOYLE COUNTY
 
AT 125PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST
WEST OF BOYLE COUNTY. THE STORM WILL APPROACH DANVILLE...SOME 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON BY 145PM. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME RANGING FROM 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF
PRECIPIATION. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS
ALSO POSSILBE WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO
20 MPH.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD XBE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
PUMA/MOORE

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, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 59 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, 2 hours 47 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

LD

The 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, 11:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle	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, 1:57 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.