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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 1995Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 4:54 PM EDT for Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 1995, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 1995, 5:40 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 102055
SVRSDF
KYC211-215-102145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
454 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...SHELBY COUNTY...SPENCER COUNTY
 
...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT...
AT 450 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST FROM LOUISVILLE KY...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH
AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
 
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

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, 11:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 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, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 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

Local storm report, May 10, 4:37 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
434 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

TIME EDT   .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....          ...REMARKS...

0400 PM     HARDINSBURG             KY      3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
5/10/95     BRECKINRIDGE CO.                BY BRECKINRIDGE CO. DISPATCH

MK

Local storm report, May 10, 4:43 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
442 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

TIME EDT   .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....          ...REMARKS...

0430 PM     RADCLIFF                KY      3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
5/10/95     N. HARDIN CO.                   BY HARDIN CO. DES

MK

Local storm report, May 10, 4:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
445 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...          ...EVENT/REMARKS...

438 PM EDT      IRVINE              KY     POLICE OFFICER AND LOCAL
                ESTILL CO                  RESIDENTS REPORTED MARBLE
                                           TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
                                           RELAYED BY DISPATCH

RIECK

Local storm report, May 10, 4:47 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
446 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

TIME EDT   .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....          ...REMARKS...

0445 PM     MOUNT WASHINGTON        KY      3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
5/10/95     N. BULLITT CO.                  BY PUBLIC

MK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	31 min
May 10, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	50 min
May 10, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	50 min
May 10, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Nelson	30 min
May 10, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	38 min
May 10, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Marion, Taylor	37 min
May 10, 5:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson	34 min
May 10, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott, Woodford	29 min
May 10, 5:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Lincoln	43 min
May 10, 5:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	28 min
May 10, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	39 min
May 10, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle	35 min
May 10, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion	25 min
May 10, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	15 min
May 10, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon	26 min
May 10, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	25 min
May 10, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Pulaski	31 min
May 10, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle	25 min
May 10, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Laurel, Rockcastle	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.