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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Louisville, KY

June 24, 1995Henry County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 5:27 PM EDT for Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1995, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 438 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSDF 242127 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC103-242200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
527 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY
 
AT 520 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY JUST WEST OF NEW CASTLE...OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE JERICHO...SMITHVILLE AND EMINENCE.
 
LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM ALONG
WITH STRONG WINDS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  GO TO
THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL
IF POSSIBLE.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM
ALL DOWNED WIRES.
 
KD/DK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham36 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.