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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY

July 5, 1987Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1987, 8:43 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1987, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Estill County, KY

The radar

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

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, 5:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:14 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel46 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade69 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble69 min
Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson, Spencer57 min
Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby57 min
Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer, Woodford63 min
Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott63 min
Jul 6, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor, Washington64 min
Jul 6, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison90 min
Jul 6, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine90 min
Jul 6, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle90 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBath, Montgomery, Nicholas, Robertson65 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEstill, Powell65 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison65 min
Jul 6, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Green60 min
Jul 6, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Taylor53 min
Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming, Rowan60 min
Jul 6, 7:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln53 min
Jul 6, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange, Washington38 min
Jul 6, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison54 min
Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott55 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.