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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Louisville, KY

July 15, 1995Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 11:23 AM EDT for Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 11:23 AM EDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Nelson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2352 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
2352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 10:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin56 min
Jul 15, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson58 min
Jul 15, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe42 min
Jul 15, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson28 min
Jul 15, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland49 min
Jul 15, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Taylor53 min
Jul 15, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon37 min
Jul 15, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBath, Montgomery33 min
Jul 15, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark35 min
Jul 15, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming32 min
Jul 15, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark27 min
Jul 15, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson48 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.