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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 1995Marion County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 5:50 PM EDT for Marion County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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°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 1995-05-10The 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 102152
SVRSDF
KYC155-102215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
...TORNADO WATCH TIL 11 PM EDT...
AT 545 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
TOWNS OF RILEY AND LEBANON...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. THE STORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH AND POSSIBLE LARGE
HAIL ARE EXPECTED 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.  THUNDERSTORMS CANL AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE WARNING.
 
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

Local storm report, May 10, 5:06 PM EDT, 44 minutes 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
Local storm report, May 10, 5:12 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
509 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

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

0445 PM     ALONG HWY 210          KY       3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
5/10/95     NWRN TAYLOR CO.                 TAYLOR CO. DES

0500 PM     ALONG MARION/TAYLOR    KY       1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
            CO. LINE                        PUBLIC

MK
Local storm report, May 10, 5:20 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
517 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

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

0500 PM     NEAR NAZARETH          KY       FUNNEL CLOUD SPOOTED BY POLICE
5/10/95     NCNTRL NELSON CO.

MK
Local storm report, May 10, 5:24 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
521 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

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

0521 PM     NRN/SRN TAYLOR CO.     KY       TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
5/10/95     TAYLOR CO.                      CAMPBELLSVILLE 911

0521 PM     NRN TAYLOR CO.         KY       3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
                                            CAMPBELLSVILLE 911

MK
Local storm report, May 10, 5:31 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SPELLING CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
530 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

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

0500 PM     NEAR NAZARETH          KY       FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY POLICE
5/10/95     NCNTRL NELSON CO.

MK
Local storm report, May 10, 5:45 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
539 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995

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

0525 PM     WADDY                  KY       40 TO 50 MPH STRAIGHT-LINE
5/10/95     ERN SHELBY CO.                  WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
                                            MPH REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                            OPERATOR.

0530 PM     GRAFTENBURG            KY       HIGH WINDS DOWNED TREES AND
                                            BLOCKED STATE ROAD 151 AT
                                            HWY 64. REPORT FROM HAM RADIO
 &                                           OPERATOR

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, 5:07 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, 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

Nearby

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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.