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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 1995Boyle County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

MK
Local 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

MK
Local 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

MK
Local 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

MK
Local 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

RIECK

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, 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, 7:11 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.