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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Louisville, KY

July 23, 1995Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 7:33 PM EDT for Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Larue County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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

Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-240400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
545 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF EAST
CENTRAL KENTUCKY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING...

A LINE OF STORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAD FORMED JUST
NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...STRETCHING ALONG THE RIVER AND DIPPING
SOUTH INTO FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...AND THE ENTIRE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. AT THIS TIME THERE WERE NO REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA
FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOORE
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-240400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
545 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF EAST
CENTRAL KENTUCKY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING...

A LINE OF STORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAD FORMED JUST
NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...STRETCHING ALONG THE RIVER AND DIPPING
SOUTH INTO FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...AND THE ENTIRE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. AT THIS TIME THERE WERE NO REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONXDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA
FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade53 min
Jul 23, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson39 min
Jul 23, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin49 min
Jul 23, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Scott39 min
Jul 23, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson51 min
Jul 23, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson33 min
Jul 23, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison23 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.