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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Louisville, KY

June 10, 1995Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 6:53 PM EDT for Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 1995, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Laurel County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 1895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 102254 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC125-203-102330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
653 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN LAUREL COUNTY...SOUTHERN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY
 
AT 652 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON IN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY OR 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SOMERSET. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE LIVINGSTON AND HAZEL PATCH.
STRONG WINDS AND LxARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE INSIDE...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES.
 
SCHOLZ

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

Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
530 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...          ...EVENT/REMARKS...

315 PM      PARIS                   KY      LARGE TREES DOWN...
            BOURBON                         POWER REPORTED OUT
                                            IN AND AROUND PARIS.

321 PM      LEXINGTON               KY      55 KT (63 MPH) WIND
            FAYETTE                         WSO LEX AT BLUEGRASS
                                            AIRPORT.

340 PM      CARLISLE                KY      POWER LINES AND TREES
            NICHOLAS                        DOWN.

445PM       FRANKFORT               KY      POWER LINES DOWN OCURRED
             FRANKLIN                       AT 250PM EDT.

455 PM        CYTHIANA                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
              HARRISON                       POWER OUTAGES ACROSS
                                             THE COUNTY.
BH

Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
530 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...          ...EVENT/REMARKS...

315 PM      PARIS                   KY      LARGE TREES DOWN...
            BOURBON                         POWER REPORTED OUT
                                            IN AND AROUND PARIS.

321 PM      LEXINGTON               KY      55 KT (63 MPH) WIND
            FAYETTE                         WSO LEX AT BLUEGRASS
                                            AIRPORT.

340 PM      CARLISLE                KY      POWER LINES AND TREES
            NICHOLAS                        DOWN.

445PM       FRANKFORT               KY      POWER LINES DOWN OCURRED
             FRANKLIN                       AT 250PM EDT.

455 PM        CYTHIANA                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
              HARRISON                       POWER OUTAGES ACROSS
                                             THE COUNTY.
BH

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

KYZALL-INZ090>092-110000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
600 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 6 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WAS SHOWER
AND STORM FREE. A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF IRVINE...
40 TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...BUT THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AND WILL NOT EFFECT THE BLUEGRASS.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE BLUEGRASS FOR THE
REST OF THE EVENING HOURS...BECOMING MORE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE...WITH READINGS IN
THE UPPER 70S TO ,NEAR 80 AT 9 PM EDT.

RIECK

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:00 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

KYZALL-INZ090>092-110000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
600 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 6 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WAS SHOWER
AND STORM FREE. A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF IRVINE...
40 TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...BUT THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AND WILL NOT EFFECT THE BLUEGRASS.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE BLUEGRASS FOR THE
REST OF THE EVENING HOURS...BECOMING MORE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE...WITH READINGS IN
THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 AT 9 PM EDT.

RIECK

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:07 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

KYZALL-102310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
607 PM EDT (507 PM CDT) SAT JUN 10 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 602 FOR CENTRAL AND MUCH OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 602 ISSUED EARLY TODAY FOR CENTRAL
AND MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 609 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

AT 600 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE EASTERN PARTS
OF KENTUCKY TO THE MONTICELLO...SOMERSET...RICHMOND AND VANCEBURG.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO EAST KENTUCKY THIS EVENING.

SCHOLZ

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:27 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

KYZALL-102330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
607 PM EDT (507 PM CDT) SAT JUN 10 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 602 FOR CENTRAL AND MUCH OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 602 ISSUED EARLY TODAY FOR CENTRAL
AND MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 609 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

AT 600 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE EASTERN PARTS
OF KENTUCKY TO THE EAST OF MONTICELLO...SOMERSET...RICHMOND AND
VANCEBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO EAST KENTUCKY THIS
EVENING.
SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson	45 min
Jun 9, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	26 min
Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	30 min
Jun 10, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin	39 min
Jun 10, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	44 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Woodford	26 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	51 min
Jun 10, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	48 min
Jun 10, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fleming	40 min
Jun 10, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Estill, Madison	28 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bath, Montgomery	37 min
Jun 10, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Menifee	19 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.