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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

April 15, 1994Crittenden County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 8:03 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 8:03 AM CDT (13:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Crittenden County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2109 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 280 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
14.4

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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, 3:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-1151300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
800AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

AT 8AM EDT RADAR SHOWED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER
FRANKLIN AND WOODFORD COUNTIES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AND WILL MOVE INTO SCOTT AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES
BETWEEN 8 AND 830AM EDT WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH.
OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE BLUE GRASS REGION AND
OUT OVER ILLONOIS AND MISSOURI WILL THREATEN THE CENTRAL KENTUCKY AREA
LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THIS AFTERNOONS
STORMS COULD BECOME SRTRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:24 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-151300-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 815 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SCOTT AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES DIRECTLY
NORTH OF LEXINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH
AND SHOULD ENTER HARRISON AND NORTHERN BOURBON COUNTIES BY 830 AM EDT.
THESE ARE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE BLUEGRASS AND OUT
OVER ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI WILL THREATEN THE CENTRAL KENTUCKY AREA LATER
THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL
MEDIA FOR MORE INFORMATION.
MOORpE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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 WarningLMKClinton, Wayne50 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.