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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY

July 5, 1987Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1987, 5:02 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 1987, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1987, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jul 5, 5:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Breckinridge, KY
Jul 5, 5:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Hardin, KY
Jul 5, 5:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 69	Meade, KY
Jul 5, 5:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Meade, KY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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 severe thunderstorm 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, Jul 5, 4:18 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson	55 min
Jul 5, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	55 min
Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	60 min
Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	60 min
Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	60 min
Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby	60 min
Jul 5, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe	64 min
Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Mercer	64 min
Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Pulaski, Russell, Wayne	64 min
Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	64 min
Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton	64 min
Jul 5, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	41 min
Jul 5, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Washington	55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.