Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 4:01 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1994, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 28, 10:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 310 PM EDT THU APR 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH A WARM FRONT PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE AIR AROUND THE FRONT CONTINUING TO DESTABILIZE...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA... AND WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. CURRENTLY THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WITH NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. ^ STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. RIECK
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KYZALL-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 318 PM EDT THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... A TONADO WATCH MEANS THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FOVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA YOU NEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. AT 3 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM BLOOMFIELD INDIANA TO EVANSVILLE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. THE STORMS WHERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. "KK
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ076>079-084-090>092-282245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BEDFORD INDIANA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TELL CITY INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENGLISH INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS STORMS WILL REACH DOWNDOWN LOUISVILLE BY 430 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURI(NG DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. KK
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:35 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ076>079-084-090>092-282345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 435 PM EDT THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 430 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTH THROUGH LOUISVILLE TO HARDINSBURG KENTUCKY.THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOODL QUICKLY. KK
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:52 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 450 PM EDT THU APR 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 450 PM EDT...RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF COVINGTON...TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...70 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CO0NDITIONS. RIECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Spencer | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.