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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Louisville, KY

June 22, 1994Laurel County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1994, 8:25 PM EDT for Laurel County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1994, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1994, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Laurel County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 1994-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1298 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1994-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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