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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

May 14, 1995Fayette County, Scott County, Woodford County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 3:46 AM EDT for Fayette County, Scott County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 1995, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1995, 4:45 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, KY, Scott County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KLEX 140745
SVRLEX
KYC067-209-239-140845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
346 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY...WOODFORD COUNTY
 
AT 340AM EDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WOODFORD AND SCOTT
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY MOVING RADIDLY EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH.
DAMAGING WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS WOODFORD FAYETTE AND SCOTT COUNTIES
BEFORE 4AM EDT. DAMAGING WINDS HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT
LEXINGTON GEORGETOWN AND VERSAILLE.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, 1:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 31 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, 25 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

Local storm report, May 14, 3:29 AM EDT, 17 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

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

320 AM        TAYLORSVILLE                     TREES DOWN ACROSS
              SPENCER COUNTY                   COUNTY.  REPORTED BY
                                               SPENCER COUNTY DISPATCH.

RNK

Local storm report, May 14, 3:44 AM EDT, 2 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
340 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...          ...EVENT/REMARKS...

325 AM        LAWRENCEBURG          KY    TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
5/14/95       ANDERSON CO.                ANDERSON CO. DISPATCH

335 AM        GRAEFENBURG           KY    75 MPH GUST...REPORTED BY
5/14/95       FRANKLIN CO.                HAM RADIO OPERATOR KC4MIS

MOORE

Local storm report, May 14, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
329 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

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

205 AM        HARDINSBURG                      TREES DOWN ACROSS
              BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY              COUNTY.  ELECTRIC LINES
                                               DOWN.  FROM CENTRAL
                                               DISPATCH.

UNKNOWN       IRVINGTON                        WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
              BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY              MPH.  TREES/POWERLINES
                                               DOWN.  RELAYED BY HAM
                                               RADIO OPERATOR.

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220 AM       BRANDENBURG                   TREES/POWERLINES DOWN.
             MEADE COUNTY KY               MOBLE HOME OFF FOUNDATION.
                                           RELAYED BY DES.

248 AM       FT. KNOX                      TORNADO REPORTED AT FORT KNOX
             HARDIN COUNTY KY              KY BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

249 AM       FLOYD COUNTY IN.              FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT
                                           114 MILE MARKER I-64 BY
                                           JEFFERSON COUNTY KY DES.

300 AM       LOUISVILLE                    1 FT. DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
             JEFFERSON COUNTY KY.            REPORTED BY WX SERVICE
                                           EMPLOYEE.

325 AM       UPTON                         MARBLE SIZE HAIL...50 MPH
             HARDIN COUNTY KY              WINDS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

320 AM       TAYLORSVILLE                  TREES DOWN.  RELAYED BY
             SPENCER COUNTY KY             CENTRAL DISPATCH.

325 AM       CECILIA                       TORNADO REPORTED BY HAM
             HARDIN COUNTY KY              RADIO OPERATOR.
305 AM        VALLEY STATION               LARGE TREE DOWN.  RELAYED
              JEFFERSON COUNTY KY          FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY DES.

RNK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 1:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Caldwell, Crittenden	28 min
May 14, 1:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	42 min
May 14, 1:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	52 min
May 14, 2:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	43 min
May 14, 2:21 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	29 min
May 14, 2:43 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Nelson	32 min
May 14, 2:48 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	27 min
May 14, 3:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	28 min
May 14, 3:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	62 min
May 14, 3:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	41 min
May 14, 3:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	41 min
May 14, 3:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	38 min
May 14, 3:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Mercer	65 min
May 14, 3:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	50 min
May 14, 3:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	50 min
May 14, 4:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	42 min
May 14, 4:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	53 min
May 14, 4:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison	65 min
May 14, 4:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Russell	36 min
May 14, 4:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	29 min
May 14, 4:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair	5 hr
May 14, 5:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Taylor	4 hr
May 14, 5:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Russell	5 hr
May 14, 5:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	4 hr
May 14, 5:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Marion	4 hr
May 14, 5:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Green	29 min
May 14, 5:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	29 min
May 14, 5:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Green	4 hr
May 14, 5:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Russell	30 min
May 14, 5:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland	34 min
May 14, 6:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	4 hr
May 14, 6:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Pulaski	4 hr
May 14, 6:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Casey, Taylor	4 hr
May 14, 6:52 AM EDT	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.