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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Louisville, KY

July 16, 1995Anderson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 2:42 PM EDT for Anderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Anderson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 355 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 KLEX 161845 RRA
SVRLEX
KYC005-161930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
242 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ANDERSON COUNTY
 
AT 240 PM LOUISVILLE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVEVE THUNDERSTORM OVER
CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY...SOME 25 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH...AND WILL PASS THROUGH
LAWERENCEBURG BY 315PM. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford41 min
Jul 16, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming34 min
Jul 16, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski, Rockcastle38 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.