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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 1995Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 3:14 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Meade County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, May 10, 10:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-110000-

KENTUCKY SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1125 AM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND EAST KENTUCKY TODAY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PARTS OF KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY EAST OF A COVINGTON...FRANKFORT...
TO LAKE CUMBERLAND LINE.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS
BECOMING SEVERE WEST OF THAT AREA...AND EAST OF AN OWENSBORO TO
HOPKINSVILLE LINE.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER
SI"TUATION.

STUREY
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
305 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

AT 305 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS...HOWEVER
...WERE ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN AND
NORTHERN KY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
^
RIECK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin50 min
May 10, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade50 min
May 10, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer46 min
May 10, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKNelson30 min
May 10, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin38 min
May 10, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Marion, Taylor37 min
May 10, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson34 min
May 10, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford29 min
May 10, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln43 min
May 10, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey28 min
May 10, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette39 min
May 10, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle35 min
May 10, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion25 min
May 10, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington15 min
May 10, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon26 min
May 10, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey25 min
May 10, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski31 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle25 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel, Rockcastle34 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.