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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Louisville, KY

April 8, 1995Jefferson County, Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1995, 10:18 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1995, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1995, 10:49 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Apr 8, 8:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
900 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

855 EDT    NEAR MADISON              IN   QUARTER SIZE HAIL
4/8/95     JEFFERSON COUNTY

DEWALD
Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
900 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKSb...

855 EDT    NEAR MADISON              IN   QUARTER SIZE HAIL
4/8/95     JEFFERSON COUNTY

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:20 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:21 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
920 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

910 EDT    NEAR MILTON               KY   MARBLE SIZE HAIL...MOSTLY
4/8/95     TRIMBLE COUNTY                 1/2" WITH SOME 3/4" MIXED
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble51 min
Apr 9, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue47 min
Apr 8, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Washington38 min
Apr 8, 11:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson38 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.