Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 12:48 AM CDT for Breckinridge County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Breckinridge County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 3482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.4
- Supercell composite
- 30.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 140549 SVRSDF KYC027-140630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 148 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY AT 145 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLOVERPORT ON THE OHIO RIVER...45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL BE NEAR IRVINGTON BY 215 AM EDT. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES. REITMEYER
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, 7:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
KYZ054-064>069-076>088-106-108>118-120-140050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 646 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 370 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY PORTION OF KENTUCKY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY FOR THIS EVENING. AB
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:30 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-141200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 125 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT... AT 125 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE REGION AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...AND MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STUREY
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:45 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-140700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 140 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 AM EDT... AT 140 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE PRECIPITATION AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY AND ALSO THROUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. HOWEVER...NO RAIN WAS BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.* MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Caldwell, Crittenden | 28 min |
| May 14, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 52 min |
| May 14, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 43 min |
| May 14, 1:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| May 14, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 32 min |
| May 14, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 14, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 28 min |
| May 14, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 62 min |
| May 14, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 41 min |
| May 14, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 41 min |
| May 14, 2:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 38 min |
| May 14, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 65 min |
| May 14, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 50 min |
| May 14, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 50 min |
| May 14, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 59 min |
| May 14, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 14, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 53 min |
| May 14, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 65 min |
| May 14, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 36 min |
| May 14, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 29 min |
| May 14, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 5 hr |
| May 14, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Taylor | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 5 hr |
| May 14, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green | 29 min |
| May 14, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 29 min |
| May 14, 4:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland | 34 min |
| May 14, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | McCreary, Wayne | 4 hr |
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.