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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY

May 14, 1994Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1994, 5:23 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 1994, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY

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, May 14, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

KYZ024-028>030-033>034-038-045-046-053-INZ090>092-142100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
355 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD LOUISVILLE WHILE ANOTHER
   AREA OF STORMS MOVES AWAY...

AT 345 PM EDT AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
OUT OF SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS STRETCHED
SOUTHEAST FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO JUST WEST OF BOWLING GREEN
KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
BRUSHED THE NORTHERN PART OF KENTUCKY HAD MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE STORMS HAD MOVED TO THE FAR EAST
PORTION OF SCOTT COUNTY INDIANA BY 350.

IF YOU DETECT APPROACHING STORMS...MOVE TO SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES OR WARNINGS ON
THESE STORMS.

DATTILO

...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING...

Local storm report, May 14, 5:06 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
505 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994

TIME              REPORT AND LOCATION

455 PM EDT        GRAYSON COUNTY-SPOTTER REPORTED WIND GUSTS 40-50 MPH
      &            AND 3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR CLARKSON...5 MILES EAST OF
                  LEITCHFIELD.

KK

Local storm report, May 14, 5:14 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 5:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 5:16 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 5:17 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	48 min
May 14, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	40 min
May 14, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham	40 min
May 14, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	50 min
May 14, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd	42 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.