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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 1995Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 7:11 PM EDT for Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 1995, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Laurel County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 47 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 40 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 26 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 18 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 10 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, 11 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

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The 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, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle	25 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.