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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Louisville, KY

May 14, 1995Boyle County, Mercer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 3:25 AM EDT for Boyle County, Mercer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyle County, KY, Mercer County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 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
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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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 14, 1:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 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, 1:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 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
Local storm report, May 14, 3:15 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
315 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

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

311 AM        SHELBYVILLE                      60 MPH GUST
              SHELBY COUNTY

CHANCE
Local storm report, May 14, 3:21 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
320 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

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

255-310 AM    SHEPHERDSVILLE                   TREES AND POWER LINES
              BULLITT COUNTY                   DOWN ALL OVER...SOME
                                               UNSPECIFIC PROPERTY DAMAGE.
                              z                 FROM COUNTY DES.

REITMEYER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 1:32 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKCaldwell, Crittenden28 min
May 14, 1:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge42 min
May 14, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Meade52 min
May 14, 2:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue43 min
May 14, 2:21 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade29 min
May 14, 2:43 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson32 min
May 14, 2:48 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson27 min
May 14, 3:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer28 min
May 14, 3:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin62 min
May 14, 3:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington41 min
May 14, 3:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor41 min
May 14, 3:22 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Larue38 min
May 14, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade50 min
May 14, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge50 min
May 14, 3:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Scott, Woodford59 min
May 14, 4:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson42 min
May 14, 4:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin53 min
May 14, 4:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison65 min
May 14, 4:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Russell36 min
May 14, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby29 min
May 14, 4:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair5 hr
May 14, 5:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor4 hr
May 14, 5:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKRussell5 hr
May 14, 5:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue4 hr
May 14, 5:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion4 hr
May 14, 5:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen29 min
May 14, 5:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen29 min
May 14, 5:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen4 hr
May 14, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Russell30 min
May 14, 5:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland34 min
May 14, 6:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMetcalfe4 hr
May 14, 6:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPulaski4 hr
May 14, 6:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey, Taylor4 hr
May 14, 6:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMcCreary, Wayne4 hr
May 14, 3:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd31 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.