Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 12:55 PM EDT for Laurel County, McCreary County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 12:55 PM EDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 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
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, Apr 15, 10:27 AM EDT, 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, 10:31 AM EDT, 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, 10:51 AM EDT, 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, 11:11 AM EDT, 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, 11:28 AM EDT, 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, 12:39 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crittenden | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 10:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 10:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 11:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Pulaski, Russell | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 43 min |
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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.