Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
- 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
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
MKLocal 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
MKLocal 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
MKLocal 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
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, 5:07 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, 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
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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.