Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 10:28 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1995, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Estill County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 20, 7:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 725 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM... AT 720 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CINCINNATI OHIO TO BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 20 MPH. PRESENTLY THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:35 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 935 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY...BATH... ROWAN...AND FLEMING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAYETTE...MERCER...WOODFORD... ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...SCOTT...AND HARRISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 930 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BATH... MONTGOMERY...ROWAN...AND FLEMING. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:37 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ090>092-210240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 937 PM EDT (837 PM CDT) TUE JUN 20 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT TO THE EAST OF HARDIN COUNTY KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWN AND FORT KNOX AND HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA INCLUDING CORYDON. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EITHER THE LOUISVILLE OR LEXINGTON METRO AREAS. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE WEST INCLUDING MEADE AND BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:38 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 935 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY...BATH... ROWAN...AND FLEMING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAYETTE...MERCER...WOODFORD... ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...SCOTT...AND HARRISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 930 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BATH... MONTGOMERY...ROWAN...AND FLEMING. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 17 min |
| Jun 20, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.