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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

May 13, 1995Lincoln County, Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1995, 1:57 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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 23 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, 4 hours 21 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, 3 hours 9 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 11:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
May 12, 11:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey2 hr
May 13, 7:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden14 min
May 13, 10:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor115 min
May 13, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell62 min
May 13, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson2 hr
May 13, 11:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
May 13, 12:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor114 min
May 13, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland46 min
May 13, 1:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Russell119 min
May 13, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton42 min
May 13, 1:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle55 min
May 13, 1:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey63 min
May 13, 2:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle69 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.