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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Louisville, KY

May 13, 1995Crittenden County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 6:46 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Kentucky. It was in force for 14 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 6:46 AM CDT (11:46 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Crittenden County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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 KPAH 131148
SVRPAH
KYC055-131200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
646 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...EASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY
 
AT 644 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL
CRITTENDEN COUNTY NEAR MARION...ABOUT 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
PADUCAH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL
PASS INTO WEBSTER COUNTY BY 7 AM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WINDN...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
May 12, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey2 hr
May 13, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor115 min
May 13, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell62 min
May 13, 10:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson2 hr
May 13, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
May 13, 11:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor114 min
May 13, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland46 min
May 13, 12:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Russell119 min
May 13, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton42 min
May 13, 12:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle55 min
May 13, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey63 min
May 13, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle63 min
May 13, 1:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle69 min

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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.