Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 6:44 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pulaski County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 102245 SVRSDF KYC199-102315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 644 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...PULASKI COUNTY ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 642 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET IN PULASKI COUNTY. THE STORM WAS JUST ENTERING THE FAR WEST PART OF PULASKI COUNTY NEAR THE CASEY COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAMOVING EAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS PULASKI COUNTY AND AFFECT T TOWNS OF SCIENCE HILL AND DABNEY IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 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
Local storm report, May 10, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 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, 1 hour 20 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, 1 hour 13 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, 59 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
MKLocal storm report, May 10, 5:53 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
551 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMZARKS...
0530 PM 8 MILES SW OF STANDFORD KY FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
5/10/95 LINCOLN CO. POLICE AND SEVERAL REPORTS
OF 1/2 INCH HAIL BY PUBLIC
MKLocal storm report, May 10, 6:01 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SPELLING CORRECTION AND ADDITIONAL REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
558 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
0530 PM 8 MILES SW OF STANFORD KY FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
5/10/95 LINCOLN CO. POLICE AND SEVERAL REPORTS
OF 1/2 fINCH HAIL BY PUBLIC
0545 PM STANFORD KY 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY LINCOLN
CO. DES
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, 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, 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, 1995Every 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.