Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Louisville, KY

April 29, 1994Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1994, 3:28 PM CDT for Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1994, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 1994-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2030 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 1994-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
2030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:36 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
335 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOYLE CO HAS EXPIRED...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOYLE AND GARRARD COUNTIES UNTIL
1000 PM EDT...

AT 335 PM EDT...RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LANCASTER...
ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
NEAR 25 MPH AND WILL APPROACH RICHMOND BY AROUND 400 PM EDT.

HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. IF A STORM SHOULD APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE
UNTIL IT PASSES AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.

RIECK
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:21 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
420 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

TIME              REPORT AND LOCATION

410 PM EDT      ADAIR COUNTY- SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL IN SPARKSVILLE.
                DIME SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS 40-50 MPH IN BREEDING.

KK
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:23 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
422 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

TIME              REPORT AND LOCATION

422 PM EDT      ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MILLTOWN IN ADAIR COUNTY.  THE
                HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

CHANCE
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
423 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

TIME              REPORT AND LOCATION

423 PM EDT      PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AT
                RUSSELL SPRINGS IN RUSSELL COUNTY.

CHANCE
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-292200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
425 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOYLE AND GARRAD COUNTIES UNTIL
1000 PM EDT...

AT 425 PM EDT...RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF
GEORGETOWN....ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...AND ANOTHER
STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF FRANKFORT...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LEXINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH
AND WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGETOWN AND FRANKFORT BY 440 PM EDT.

HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL ARE
LIKELY WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO
POSS6IBLE. IF A STORM SHOULD APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE
UNTIL IT PASSES AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.
^
RIECK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRowan38 min
Apr 29, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin53 min
Apr 29, 7:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Woodford29 min
Apr 29, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Scott28 min
Apr 29, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMenifee32 min
Apr 29, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor46 min
Apr 29, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle47 min
Apr 29, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair51 min
Apr 29, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair45 min
Apr 29, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski, Rockcastle63 min
Apr 29, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKScott22 min
Apr 29, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMcCreary27 min
Apr 29, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Washington48 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.