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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Louisville, KY

July 4, 1995Clark County, Indiana; Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 10:56 PM EDT for Clark County, Indiana; Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 1995, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1995, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Oldham County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 1975 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 050257 RRA
SVRSDF
INC019-KYC185-050330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1056 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...CLARK COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...OLDHAM COUNTY
 
AT 1055 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND OLDHAM COUNTY OF NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS IS THE SAME STORM SYSTEM THAT DOWNED TREES IN
NORTHERN BULLITT COUNTY EARLIER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO GOSHEN IN OLDHAM COUNTY AND CHARLESTOWN IN CLARK
COUNTY BY 1115 PM EDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
DATTILO/WILSON/BEAUVOIS

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, Jul 4, 5:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-050050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
547 PM EDT (447 PM CDT) TUE JUL 4 1995

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA THIS EVENING.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY STRONG GUSTS OF WIND THAT MAY BLOW
TREE LIMBS DOWN.  THERE COULD BE SOME SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30
MPH.

BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTS OF WIND AND SMALL HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM
MOVES OVER YOU GO INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING
CAN KILL YOU.

WHW

Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
754 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

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

500-514        FINCHVILLE          KY      LARGE TREES DOWN. TWO
PM EDT         SHELBY COUNTY               HOUSES DAMAGED BY TREES.
7/4/95                                     BARN LOST PART OF A ROOF.
                                           ALL DAMAGE OCCURED FROM
                                           1 MILE NORTH OF FINCHVILLE
                                           TO LOGAN STATE ROAD. .52
                                           INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
                                           REPORTED BY SHELBY COUNTY
                                           DES AND HAM RADIO SPOTTER.
WHW

Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
754 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

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

500-514        FINCHVILLE          KY      LARGE TREES DOWN. TWO
PM EDT         SHELBY COUNTY               HOUSES DAMAGED BY TREES.
7/4/95                                     BARN LOST PART OF A ROOF.
                                           ALL DAMAGE OCCURED FROM
                                           1 MILE NORTH OF FINCHVILLE
                                           TO LOGAN STATE ROAD. .52
                                           INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
                                           REPORTED BY SHELBY COUNTY
                                           DES AND HAM RADIO SPOTTER.
WHW

Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
818 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

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

1040 PM        BULLITT COUNTY      KY      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
EDT            BULLITT COUNTY              POWER LINES DOWN. WIND
7/4/95                                     REPORTED 40 TO 50 MPH.
                                           TREES DOWN ACROSS A LOT OF
                                           THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
                                           BULLITT COUNTY DES AND
                                           DISPATCH.
1057 PM        OLDHAM COUNTY       KY      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
EDT            OLDHAM COUNTY               NORTHERN OLDHAM COUNTY ALONG
7/4/95                                     HIGHWAY 42. POWER OUTAGES AND
                                           TREES DOWN IN WESTPORT AND
                                           LAGRANGE. OLDHAM COUNTY
                                           DISPATCH
WHW

Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
818 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

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

626 PM         GOSHEN              KY      POWER LINES DOWN. BOATERS
EDT            OLDHAM COUNTY               HAD TO BE RESCUED ON THE
7/4/95                                     OHIO RIVER. SEVERL HOMES
                                           STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. FROM
                                           OLDHAM COUNTY DISPATCH.

720 PM         NEW CASTLE          KY      TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY
EDT                                        421 IN NEW CASTLE KENTUCKY.
                                           TENTS WERE BLOWN DOWN AT THE
                                           FAIRGROUNDS IN NEW CASTLE.
                                           FROM HENRY COUNTY DISPATCH.
 WHW

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 9:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ076>079-084-090>092-050410-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
907 PM EDT (807 PM CDT) TUE JUL 4 1995

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT.

THERE WILL BE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PART OF SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 11 PM EDT. THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOST INTENSE WERE IN HARDIN COUNTY SOUTH OF
ELIZABETHTOWN AND EAST OF HODGENVILLE IN NELSON COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE AREA MAINLY JUST SOUTH AND WEST
OF LOUISVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOUISVILLE METRO
AREA THROUGH 11 PM EDT.

THERE WILL BE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTS
OF WIND WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL BRANCHES OF TREES MAY BE
BLOWN DOWN WITH THE GUSTS OF WIND.

IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOU GO INSIDE A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY KILL YOU.
WILSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	41 min
Jul 4, 11:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	40 min
Jul 4, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crittenden	32 min
Jul 4, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	33 min
Jul 4, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1995 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.