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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

April 28, 1994Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 8:22 PM EDT for Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 1994, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Rowan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1994-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1994-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLEX 290028
SVRLEX
KYC205-290100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
822 PM EDT THU APR 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MOREHEAD...ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH MOREHEAD OVER 830 PM EDT.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
RIECK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 8:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin53 min
Apr 29, 8:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Woodford29 min
Apr 29, 9:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Scott28 min
Apr 29, 9:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMenifee32 min
Apr 29, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor46 min
Apr 29, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle47 min
Apr 29, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair51 min
Apr 29, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair45 min
Apr 29, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell32 min
Apr 29, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski, Rockcastle63 min
Apr 29, 4:58 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKScott22 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMcCreary27 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.