Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
- 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
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, 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
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, 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, 1:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle | 55 min |
| May 13, 1:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey | 63 min |
| May 13, 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.