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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY

April 29, 1994Scott County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1994, 4:58 PM EDT for Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 1994, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 1994, 5:20 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Scott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLEX 292058
TORLEX
KYC209-292130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
458 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...SCOTT COUNTY
 
AT 457 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
GEORGETOWN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 30 TO 35 MPH. IT WILL APPROACH THE
COMMUNTIES OF MINORSVILLE AND PORTER BY 510 PM EDT.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
RIECK
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 29, 3:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 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, 4:21 PM EDT, 37 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, 4:23 PM EDT, 35 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, 4:25 PM EDT, 33 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, 4:28 PM EDT, 30 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

Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:54 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
452 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

TIME              REPORT AND LOCATION

432 PM EDT      SEVENTY MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED BY A VOLUNTEER
                FIREMAN AT KNIFLEY IN ADAIR COUNTY.

CHANCE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Rowan	38 min
Apr 29, 8:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	53 min
Apr 29, 8:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Mercer, Woodford	29 min
Apr 29, 9:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Scott	28 min
Apr 29, 9:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Menifee	32 min
Apr 29, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	46 min
Apr 29, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle	47 min
Apr 29, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	51 min
Apr 29, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	45 min
Apr 29, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	32 min
Apr 29, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Pulaski, Rockcastle	63 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	McCreary	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.