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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY

May 13, 1995Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 9:48 AM CDT for Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 10:50 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 131449
SVRSDF
KYC207-131550-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1048 AM EDT (948 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...RUSSELL COUNTY
 
AT 1045 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
30 WEST OF SOMERSET...ON THE ADAIR/RUSSELL COUNTY LINE.  THIS STORM
PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL AT GLENSFORK IN SOUTHEAST ADAIR COUNTY.  THE STORM
WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF JAMESTOWN AND RUSSELL SPRINGS IN THE NEXT HOUR.
HEAVIER RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

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

Special weather statement, May 13, 8:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KYZ001>013-016-017-131430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
930 AM EDT (823 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
MORNING...HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING HAS MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA.
CONGER
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KYZ001>013-016-017-131430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
930 AM EDT (823 AM CDT) SAT MAY 13 1995

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE  REST OF THE
MORNING...HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED OVER FAR
WESTERN KENTUCKY.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING HAS MOVED EAST OF
WEST KENTUCKY
CONGER
Local storm report, May 13, 9:48 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1045 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995

TIME EDT   .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....          ...REMARKS...

1040         COLUMBIA IN ADAIR COUNTY       STREET FLOODING
             38 W SOMERSET KENTUCKY         MARBLE SIZE HAIL

1040         CAMPBELLSVILLE IN TAYLOR       1.00 RAIN IN 45 MINS
             COUNTY...43 WNW SOMERSET
             KENTUCKY

LD

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, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden14 min
May 13, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor115 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

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.