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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY

April 15, 1994Clinton County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 11:55 AM CDT for Clinton County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, KY, Wayne County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1649 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1649 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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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, Apr 15, 9:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ076>079-084-090>092-150845-
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...METRO LOUISVILLE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NORTH WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1010 A
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-151500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1030 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL
400 PM EDT...

AT 1030 AM EDT....RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO 10 MILES WEST OF
LOUISVILLE...AND THEN CONTINUING SOUTHWARD. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL APPROACH THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AREA BY THE NOON
HOUR.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL
HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THESE STORMS SHOULD APPROACH
YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THEY PASS AND STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
^
RIECK
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
KYZ054-064>068-076>085-150845-
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...INCLUDING LONDON AND SOMERSET...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1050 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FOR EASTERN PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 1030 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM 10 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO 10 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE
AND THEN CONTINUING SOUTHWARD TO PADUCAH. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST
AT AROUND 40 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL APPROACH SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AREA BY NOON.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THESE STORMS SHOULD APPROACH YOUR

AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THEY PASS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA
RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

KK
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-151500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1110 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL
400 PM EDT...

AT 1110 AM EDT....RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF COVINGTON...TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF
OF LOUISVILLE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL APPROACH THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AREA BY 1130 AM EDT.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL
HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THESE STORMS SHOULD APPROACH
YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THEY PASS AND STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

RIECK
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-151600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1130 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL
400 PM EDT...

AT 1130AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDESTORMS MOVING INTO THE
BLUE GRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS
ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST THROUGH 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON WITH
THE LINE MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 11:39 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden42 min
Apr 15, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade34 min
Apr 15, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin54 min
Apr 15, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson48 min
Apr 15, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson48 min
Apr 15, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble54 min
Apr 15, 10:19 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKLarue, Nelson26 min
Apr 15, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey54 min
Apr 15, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe54 min
Apr 15, 11:19 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKGreen26 min
Apr 15, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln34 min
Apr 15, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Pulaski, Russell52 min
Apr 15, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle52 min
Apr 15, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel, McCreary50 min
Apr 15, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison48 min
Apr 15, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark48 min
Apr 15, 9:43 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison47 min
Apr 15, 10:02 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson43 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.