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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Louisville, KY

July 25, 1994Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 5:57 PM CDT for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1994, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 302 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1173 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry26 min
Jul 25, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade29 min
Jul 25, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison25 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.