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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 1995Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 4:40 PM EDT for Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Meade County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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°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

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 102043
SVRSDF
KYC029-093-163-102130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
440 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BULLITT COUNTY...NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY
 
AT 440 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
BULLIT COUNTY NEAR NELSON...23 NM SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL IS
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  GO TO
THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL
IF POSSIBLE.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM
ALL DOWNED WIRES.
 
MCT
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade31 min
May 10, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin50 min
May 10, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer46 min
May 10, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKNelson30 min
May 10, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin38 min
May 10, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Marion, Taylor37 min
May 10, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson34 min
May 10, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford29 min
May 10, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln43 min
May 10, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey28 min
May 10, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette39 min
May 10, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle35 min
May 10, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion25 min
May 10, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington15 min
May 10, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon26 min
May 10, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey25 min
May 10, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski31 min
May 10, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle25 min
May 10, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel, Rockcastle34 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.