Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1998Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1998, 8:14 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1998, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3344 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 451 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
451 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
11.0
Supercell composite
67.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 150114
FFWSDF
KYC141-150315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
914 PM EDT (814 PM CDT) SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT (1115 PM EDT)

* AT 810 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL MUHLENBERG COUNTY NEAR
  GREENVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CROSS INTO LOGAN COUNTY BY
  815 PM CDT. BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WATER CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE...
  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UfP TO 2 INCHES OF
  RAIN IN ONE HOUR. THIS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLASH
  FLOODING AROUND MUCH OF LOGAN COUNTY.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

STUREY/DK

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, Jun 14, 2:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-089>100-
INZ076>079-084-090>092-150600-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREA IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON INDIANA...THROUGH LOUISVILLE...TO LONDON
KENTUCKY.  NORTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN EFFECT.

A SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL MOVE EAST INTO
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.  A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH-
EAST FROM THE LOW INTO EASTERN MISSOURI AND INTO TENNESSEE WILL
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE
TO FLOOD INTO KENTUCKY ON SOUTHERLY WINDS...AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING
WARM FRONT.

VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
BLOWING ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS COUPLED WITH SIGNIFICANT TURNING
OF THE WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS (OR WIND SHEAR) WILL LEAD TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF
THE TURNING WINDS (OR WIND SHEAR) THE POSSIBILTY OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF VIOLENT TORNADOES IS HIGH.

OUR BEST ESTIMATE FOR NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...AND DURING THE COURSE
OF THE EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE IN THE
THREATENED AREAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...
AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WATCHES
OR WARNING.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR TONIGHT.

STUREY
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-089>100-
INZ076>079-084-090>092-150600-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREA IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON INDIANA...THROUGH LOUISVILLE...TO LONDON
KENTUCKY.  NORTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN EFFECT.

A SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL MOVE EAST INTO
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.  A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH-
EAST FROM THE LOW INTO EASTERN MISSOURI AND INTO TENNESSEE WILL
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE
TO FLOOD INTO KENTUCKY ON SOUTHERLY WINDS...AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING
WARM FRONT.

VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
BLOWING ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS COUPLED WITH SIGNIFICANT TURNING
OF THE WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS (OR WIND SHEAR) WILL LEAD TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF
THE TURNING WINDS (OR WIND SHEAR) THE POSSIBILTY OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF VIOLENT TORNADOES IS HIGH.

OUR BEST ESTIMATE FOR NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...AND DURING THE COURSE
OF THE EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE IN THE
THREATENED AREAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...
AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WATCHES
OR WARNING.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR TONIGHT.

STUREY
Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
724 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM    RUCKERVILLE               KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   CLARK                          REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
800 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0755 PM    PENDLETON                 KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   HENRY
Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:19 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
819 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 PM    2 N NEW CASTLE            KY   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   HENRY                          STATE POLICE REPORTED HALF
                                          DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:27 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
827 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    BALLARDSVILLE             KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   OLDHAM                         REPORT FROM DES EMPLOYEE.
                                          RELAYED THROUGH CENTRAL
                                          DISPATCH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio48 min
Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Grayson50 min
Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge50 min
Jun 14, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan49 min
Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren45 min
Jun 14, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson44 min
Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart48 min
Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue48 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington47 min
Jun 14, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe46 min
Jun 14, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor46 min
Jun 14, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren31 min
Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey45 min
Jun 14, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren30 min
Jun 14, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair48 min
Jun 14, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Mercer50 min
Jun 14, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford50 min
Jun 14, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln33 min
Jun 14, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison48 min
Jun 14, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette49 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.