Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 5:07 PM EDT for Anderson County, Franklin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, KY, Franklin County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 30 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, 24 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, 22 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
RIECKLocal storm report, May 10, 4:47 PM EDT, 20 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
Local storm report, May 10, 5:06 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
503 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
0500 PM 5 MILES NW OF BARDSTOWN KY 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED
5/10/95 NWRN NELSON CO. BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
EMPLOYEE
MKThe 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, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 46 min |
| May 10, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson | 30 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 |
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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.