Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1998, 7:08 PM CDT for Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1998, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Metcalfe County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 315 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 170007 FFWSDF KYC009-169-227-170200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 808 PM EDT (708 PM CDT) THU APR 16 1998 * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARREN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY METCALFE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WARREN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 900 PM CDT (1000 PM EDT) * * CAUSE AND EFFECT RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICTATE THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS WARREN...BARREN AND METCALFE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SINCE 1 PM CDT TODAY. * FORECAST CONDITIONS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS EAST OF THE AREA. 2 IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. SEEK SHELTER AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. AB/RNK
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, Apr 16, 2:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-170900- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 PM EDT THURSDAY APRIL 16, 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ...THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION... A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF KENTUCKY AND INDIANA WILL SWEEP SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL ERUPT ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE EVENING. SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. KOCH
Local storm report, Apr 16, 3:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
4/16/98
325 PM CDT LEWISBURG KY BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
LOGAN BETWEEN LEWISBURG AND
EPLEY STATION
RNKLocal storm report, Apr 16, 4:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
4/16/98 BOWLING GREEN KY DAMAGE TO HOUSES
5PM EDT WARREN TELEPHONE POLES
(4PM CDT) SHEARED OFF
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
CARS
RNKLocal storm report, Apr 16, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
4/16/98 LIBERTY KY POWER LINES DOWN
700PM EDT CASEY NEAR THE RUSSELL/CASEY
COUNTY LINE. REPORTED
BY LIBERTY FIRE DEPT.
RNKLocal storm report, Apr 16, 6:13 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
4/16/98 WAYNESBURG KY DIME SIZE HAIL
713PM EDT LINCOLN REPORTED BY DES.
WAIDLEYLocal storm report, Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630PM EDT
(530-600PM CDT) PELLYTON KY HOMES, BARNS DAMAGED
ADAIR TREES DOWN.
(530-600PM CDT) BARNETT CREEK KY TREES DOWN
ADAIR
(530-600PM CDT) SNAKE CREEK KY TREES DOWN
ADAIR
RNKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Warren | 112 min |
| Apr 16, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.