Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 7:05 PM EDT for Boyle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boyle County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 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 KLEX 102304 SVRLEX KYC021-102330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 705 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BOYLE COUNTY AT 704 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AOBUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL APPROACH DANVILLE BY 715 PM EDT. DANVILLE POLICE REPORTED 1/2 HAIL NEAR PARKSVILLE NEAR HY 34. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. RIECK
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, 5:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 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 34 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, 1 hour 20 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, 1 hour 12 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, 1 hour 4 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
MKLocal storm report, May 10, 7:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
700 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION... STATE
...COUNTY LOCATION... ...EVENT/REMARKS...
445 PM IRVINE KY DES REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
ESTILL CO HAIL
APPROX
530 PM WOODFORD CO KY DISPATCH REPORTED GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN
(ONE BLOCKING A ROAD)
540 PM ANDERSON CO KY DISPATCH REPORTED MARBLE
SIZE HAIL AND TREES AND
LIMBS DOWN
549 PM LEXINGTON 3/4 INCH HAIL AT BLUEGRASS
FAYETTE CO AIRPORT AND REST OF CITY
^
515- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN CO KY DISPATCH REPORTED BROKEN
530 PM LIMBS...POWERLINES DOWN
...AND 3/4 INCH HAIL
555 PM NEAR PARIS KY PARIS POLICE REPORTED
BOURBON CO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE
COUNTY AND CITY
600 PM JUNCTION CITY KY MARBLE TO 3/4 INCH HAIL
BOYLE CO ..REPORTED BY DISPATCH
RIECKThe 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, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 31 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.