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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 1995Anderson County, Franklin County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 525 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
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

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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, 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

RIECK
Local 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
MK

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, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade50 min
May 10, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer46 min
May 10, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKNelson30 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.